| (a) In research with a human subject, a social worker
is responsible for the subject's welfare throughout a project, shall
obtain informed consent and take reasonable precautions so that the
subject shall suffer no injurious emotional, physical or social effect.
(b) A social worker shall disguise data obtained from
a professional relationship for the purposes of education or research
to ensure full protection of the identity of the subject client.
(c) When conducting and reporting research, a social
worker must recognize previous work on the topic, as well as observe
all copyright laws.
(d) A social worker must give due credit through joint
authorship, acknowledgment, footnote statements, Internet sources,
or other appropriate means to those who have contributed significantly
to the social worker's research or publication.
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