The ordering of cases on this page reflects the section on Ethical Standards, found in the ASA Code of Ethics (approved by the ASA Membership in June 1997), published in 1999 and reprinted in 2006.
Case 01. Competence in Professional Practice
Case 02. Maintaining Competence
Case 03. Maintaining Competence
Case 05. The Limits of Expertise
Case 06. Off Campus Time and Teaching Responsibilities
Case 07. Training and Supervising Field Workers
Case 08. Nondiscrimination based on national origin
Case 09. Nondiscrimination in Hiring Field Workers
Case 10. Experience or Exploitation
Case 11. Fair Distribution of Workload
Case 13. Harassment on the Basis of Ethnicity/Political Allegiance
Case 15. Non-academic Settings
Case 16. Responsibilities of Academic Sociologists as Employees
Case 17. Responsibilities as an Employee
Case 18. Constraints on Research
Case 20. Early Tenure Evaluation
Case 21. Objectivity and Incentives
Case 22. Disclosure of Sources of Grant Funds
Case 23. Avoidance of Personal Gain
Case 24. Avoidance of Personal Gain
Case 25. Dual-Role Relationships within an Organization
Case 26. Refusal in a Situation of Conflict of Interest with Respect to a Colleague
Case 28. Businesses that Involve Students
Case 29. Payment for Use of Name and Reputation
Case 30. Accuracy of Credentials and Competence in Public Communications
Case 31. Attempting to Assure Accuracy
Case 32. Statements about Professional Experience
Case 33. Preservation of Confidential Information in Teaching
Case 34. Confidentiality of Information Obtained during the Course of a Sociologist’s Work
Case 35. Enforcement Agencies and the Protection of Human Subjects
Case 36. Dual Roles and Student Confidentiality
Case 37. Respondent Confidentiality
Case 38. Data Ownership and Promises of Confidentiality
Case 40. Data Sharing and Potential Future Uses
Case 41. Confidentiality, Technology and Teaching
Case 44. Collegial Confidentiality
Case 45. Withholding Information
Case 46. Confidentiality of Subject Data
Case 47. Maintaining Confidentiality of Faculty Hiring Discussions
Case 48. Legal Requests/Requirements for Confidential Data from Research Field Notes
Case 49. Electronic Transfer of Confidential Research Data
Case 50. Informed Consent with Vulnerable Populations
Case 51. Vulnerable Populations
Case 52. Vulnerable populations
Case 53. Informed Consent with Pre-testing Convenience Samples
Case 54. Stage Names and Deception: Two Examples
Case 56. Student Research on a Sensitive Topic
Case 57. Establishing Boundaries on Projects
Case 58. “Informal” Surveys for Policy and Planning That “Trigger” Research Projects
Case 59. Teenage Youth and Coercion
Case 60. Dissemination of Research Findings
Case 61. Discovery of Error in One’s Own Work
Case 62. Data Sharing in Ongoing Projects
Case 64. Data Sharing, Informed Consent and Confidentiality
Case 65. Continuing Research and Protecting Confidentiality
Case 66. Using False, Fabricated or Misleading Data
Case 67. Definition of Plagiarism: Phrasing
Case 68. Plagiarism in Coursework
Case 71. Establishing Mutually Acceptable Agreements
Case 72. Acknowledging Credit in Professional Work
Case 74. Reporting Full Findings
Case 75. Dual submission — Expansion of ideas
Case 77. The Role of Editors in Dual Publications
Case 78. The “Small Circles” Problem
Case 80. Selection of Reviewers — Competing approaches in a field
Case 81. Appropriateness of a paper for publication in a journal
Case 82. Appropriateness of reviewing an obviously poor paper
Case 83. Prolonged period of getting a submission reviewed
Case 84. Reviewing the Work of Students
Case 85. Acknowledging the Insights of Reviewers
Case 86. Citing Work Known through the Review Process
Case 87. Introducing Students to the Review Process
Case 88. Unauthorized use of an advisor
Case 89. False or Deceptive Statements
Case 90. Designing A Comprehensive Program
Case 91. Filling Last Minute Teaching Gaps
Case 92. Equality in Training Opportunities
Case 93. Change in the Classroom
Case 94. Intellectual Animosities and Teaching
Case 95. Citation of Sources and Use of Materials in Teaching
Case 96. Teaching, Research and Data Collection
Case 97. Maintaining Documentation of Professional and Scientific Work
Case 99. A Real Case Involving the Protection of Confidential Data
Case 100. Student Confidentiality
Case 101. Addressing Ethical Issues
