Ethics are incredibly important to ethnobotanists as our work often deals with charged topics like human health, plants or plant drugs with potential for commercialization, and documentation of indigenous land use practices. Here is a list of some of the Codes of Ethics and useful resources that apply to the field of Ethnobotany. In addition, you may wish to visit the Convention on Biological Diversity site to learn about international laws that are in place to protect biological diversity.
American Anthropological Association
- Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association
- Statement on the Confidentiality of Field Notes
- Statement on Ethnography and Institutional Review Boards
International Society of Ethnobiology
USA Federal Guidelines on Ethics
- The President’s Guidelines on Bioethics
- National Science Foundation Interpreting the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects for Behavioral and Social Science Research
