Code of Conduct

The ICRSE is a non-profit scientific group set up to in 1998 to serve as the Secretariat of the ISRSE to sustain and support each iteration of the biennial ISRSE.

As a scientific organization, the ISRSE recognizes that scientific integrity and ethics are fundamental to advancement of science and the exchange of knowledge. The ISRSE, though its professional code of professional conduct promotes the respectful and equitable treatment of all those engaged in the scientific community.

The ICRSE Code of Conduct that covers the definition of professional misconduct to include discrimination, sexual harassment, and bullying to the extent that conduct relates to ICRSE activities or the professional role of an ICRSE member. This Code of Conduct provides standards for professional behaviour and procedures for reporting and addressing violations.

The ISRSE strives to create and maintain a diverse, pluralistic, and inclusive professional community. It is our responsibility to respect the dignity of all, valuing a diversity of intellectual commitments and respecting individual differences. In this regard, abstracts and papers are sought from all countries and peoples, and in particular, we work to empower the voices and views of underrepresented communities.

ISRSE strives for an environment that fosters respect for, and engagement across different learning styles, interpretations, and theoretically informed perspectives, in ways that empower underrepresented positionalities and identities and creates safe learning spaces. ISRSE adopts the principles of respect and 'doing no harm', modeling for others the value of respectful disagreement and debate. Participants are treated with respect, as full partners, in delivering scientificially sound content.