NOAA’s Code of Scientific Conduct

The NOAA CODE OF SCIENTIFIC CONDUCT. 18 requires that “All NOAA employees and contractors identified in Section 2.02 and all NOAA financial assistance award recipients and other NOAA research partners and collaborators identified in Section 2.03 will, to the best of their ability, be:
a Honest in all aspects of scientific effort and:
▪ Clearly differentiate between facts, personal opinions, assumptions, hypotheses, and professional judgment in reporting the results of scientific activities and characterizing associated uncertainties in using those results for decision-making, and in representing those results to other scientists, decisionmakers, and the public.
▪ Disclose any apparent, potential, or actual financial conflicts of interest or non-financial conflicts of interest of their own and others.
▪ Objectively consider conflicting data and/or studies.
▪ Acknowledge in publications the names and roles of those who made significant contributions to the research, including writers, funders, sponsors, and others who do not meet authorship criteria.”

http://www.corporateservices.noaa.gov/ames/administrative_orders/chapter_202/Procedural_Handbook_NAO_202-735D_%20FINAL_May%202012%20Ammendment.pdf

Thank you Mirabai Galashan for this information