{"id":140,"date":"2006-02-28T22:44:50","date_gmt":"2006-02-28T17:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddempire.org\/weblog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2017-11-27T22:22:46","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T02:22:46","slug":"suggested-code-of-ethics-for-the-investigator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/2006\/02\/28\/suggested-code-of-ethics-for-the-investigator\/","title":{"rendered":"Suggested Code Of Ethics For The Investigator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I pulled this off of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtuallystrange.net\/ufo\/updates\/\">UFO Updates<\/a> this morning. Updates has been unusually tranquil of late. A refreshing change from what it was like only a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>This bit struck me as a very good idea for anyone wanting to investigate such high strangeness as UFOs or just about anything else in the paranormal field. Too bad the word \u201cscience&#8221;\u009d is uttered in the code. People not really trying to move the field forward will probably ignore it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Code Of Ethics<\/p>\n<p>The following Code Of Ethics contains standards of conduct which define the basic essentials of honorable behavior for the<br \/>\ninvestigator:<\/p>\n<p>1. An investigator will always regard responsibility to the truth as paramount.<br \/>\n2. An investigator will conduct all investigations and allied matters with integrity; be honest in all professional<br \/>\n3. interactions; and strive to report those deficient in character or competence, or engaging in fraud or deception, to appropriate entities.<br \/>\n4. An investigator will respect the wishes of witnesses, colleagues, and professionals; and shall safeguard confidences and privacy.<br \/>\n5. An investigator will continue to study, apply and advance scientific knowledge; to observe the precepts of truth, accuracy<br \/>\n6. and prudence; and to make relevant information available to colleagues and the public.<br \/>\n7. An investigator will always respect the law and legal authority.<\/p>\n<p>(from WEIRD HAPPENS &#8211; Investigator Handbook)<\/p>\n<p>Yours in research,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hometown.aol.com\/trackingterror\/myhomepageindex.html\">Robert A. Goerman<\/a><br \/>\nUnconventional Investigator<br \/>\nof Unconventional Phenomena<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s really gratifying to find people who actually want to investigate, rather than validate one or more strange belief systems. That method has been around for thousands of year and reached a pinnacle around the time people thought divining the future was best done with a pile of sheep entrails.<\/p>\n<p>People learn, but it takes time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pulled this off of UFO Updates this morning. Updates has been unusually tranquil of late. A refreshing change from what it was like only a month ago. This bit struck me as a very good idea for anyone wanting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/2006\/02\/28\/suggested-code-of-ethics-for-the-investigator\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3078,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/3078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddempire.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}