Código de ética de la Sociedad de Biología de Chile / Ethic code of the Chilean Biological Society

The Chilean Biological Society has approved an ethics code for researchers, elaborated by its Ethic Committee. The text with 16 articles, undertakes the main ethical problems, that reserchers must solve, such as institutional, professional or societal ethics. scientific fraud, breaches in collaboraticve work, relationship between researchers, participation in juries and committees, ethical breaches in scientific publications, scientific responsability and punishment. This code declares its respect and valorization of all life forms and adheres to international biomedical ethical codes. It declares that all knowledge, created or obtained by researchers is mankind's heritage