Writing Ethics by Andrew Oforma Eze
Writing Ethics
As stated in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2010), there are ethical and legal standards in publishing. Therefore, there is a need for total adherent to the ethical and legal rules that guide scientific writing and report. Hence, in the conduct of scientific inquiry, the scientific community detests any act of duplication of publication, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, disguising as a participant, biasness, etc, (APA, 2010). According to the Manual (2010), different scholarly disciplines have different publication styles. But the same basic ethical and legal principles underline all scholarly research and writing. These long-standing principles are designed to achieve three major goals:
To ensure the accuracy of scientific knowledge,
To protect the rights and welfare of research participants, and
To protect intellectual property rights.
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