Additional Information

Format

Web page

Scope

National

Region

US

Language

English

Notes

The American Alliance for Museums provides a Code of Ethics for museum practice in five sections and an afterword. The first section is a detailed statement on the role of ethics in museum practice. This is followed by sections concerning principles concerning Governance, Collections, Programs, and Promulgation.

The AAM provides other excellent resources on museum ethics and best practices on their website. The links provided below include their Characteristics of Excellence and an ethics resource page with links to field-wide ethics and standards, national standards and best practices for US museums, and other resources.

Http://aam-us.org/resources/ethics-standards-and-best-practices/characteristics-of-excellence
http://aam-us.org/resources/ethics-standards-and-best-practices

Taxonomies

RPA Codes & Standards

• Archaeologist's Responsibility to Colleagues, Employees, and Students
• Archaeologist's Responsibility to the Public
• Specimen and Research Record Storage

CIfA Codes

• Principle 2: Responsibility for the conservation of the historic environment
• Principle 5: Recognition of aspirations of employees, colleagues and helpers in all matters of employment

Keywords & Terms

• Academic Integrity and/or Plagiarism
• Accountability
• Anti-Commercialization
• Burials and Human Remains
• Conservation
• Looting, Collecting, and Illicit Trade of Cultural Property
• Museum, Collection, Curation and Display Standards
• Ownership
• Professional Qualification
• Professional Relationships and Communication
• Professional Standards
• Public Interest, Collaboration, Education, and Outreach
• Respect for and Responsibility to Affected Groups
• Standards of Data Collection, Recordation, Analysis
• Storage of Data, Specimens, and Records