Bibliographic Information
Title
Codes and Standards
Organization
Register of Professional Archaeologists
Web Address (URL)
Additional Information
Format
Web page
Scope
National
Region
US
Language
English
Notes
The RPA provides a Code of Conduct and Standards of Research Performance for research archaeologists. The Code of Conduct is organized into three sections: The Archaeologists Responsibility to the Public; the Archaeologists Responsibility to Colleagues, Employees, and Students; and the Archaeologist's Responsibility to Employers and Clients. The Standards of Research Performance are organized into the following seven sections: 1) Adequate Preparation for Research Projects; 2) Integrity of Research Methodology; 3) Procedures for Field Survey or Excavation; 4) Maintaining Continuity of Records; 5) Specimen and Research Record Storage; and 6) Appropriate Dissemination of Research. Many state and national societies adhere to the RPA Codes and Standards (see website for list).
Taxonomies
RPA Codes & Standards
- Adequate Preparation for Research Projects
- Appropriate Dissemination of Research
- Archaeologist's Responsibility to Colleagues, Employees, and Students
- Archaeologist's Responsibility to Employers and Clients
- Archaeologist's Responsibility to the Public
- Integrity of Research Methodology
- Maintaining Continuity of Records
- Procedures for Field Survey or Excavation
- Specimen and Research Record Storage
CIfA Codes
- Principle 1: Adherence to ethical and responsible behaviour in archaeological affairs
- Principle 2: Responsibility for the conservation of the historic environment
- Principle 3: Responsibility for acquiring and recording reliable information of the past in archaeological research
- Principle 4: Responsibility for the availability of archaeological results within reasonable dispatch
- Principle 5: Recognition of aspirations of employees, colleagues and helpers in all matters of employment
Keywords & Terms
- Academic Integrity and/or Plagiarism
- Accountability
- Adequate and Responsible Reporting, Publication, and Dissemination
- Adequate Preparation
- Anti-Commercialization
- Avoid, Discourage, and Report Unethical and Illegal Activity
- Confidentiality
- Conflicts of Interest
- Conservation
- Continuity of Records
- Dishonesty, Exaggeration, Fraud, Deceit, and/or Misrepresentation
- Employer/Client Relationships
- Funding, Employment, and/or Compensation for Work
- Impact on Communities - Local, Descendant, etc.
- Integrity of Research Methodology and Field Procedures
- Intellectual Property
- International Law
- Local, State, Federal, and Tribal Laws
- Looting, Collecting, and Illicit Trade of Cultural Property
- Management of Cultural Resources, Heritage, History
- Ownership
- Permissions
- Preservation of Archaeological Resources
- Professional Qualification
- Professional Relationships and Communication
- Professional Standards
- Promotion of Archaeological Research/Archaeology as Scientific Discipline
- Protection and Non-Disclosure of Archaeological Sites
- Respect for and Responsibility to Affected Groups
- Standards of Data Collection, Recordation, Analysis
- Storage of Data, Specimens, and Records
- UNESCO