{"id":26253,"date":"2017-04-10T18:03:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T16:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icac.cat\/en\/?page_id=26253"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:00:08","slug":"code-of-ethics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/who-are-we\/excellence-in-hr\/code-of-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Code of Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Catalan Institute of Classical Archeology, in order to improve the fulfilment of its objectives, decides to assume a set of values, principles and norms that must inspire the conduct of the members of the institution.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2072\/537897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Code of Ethics<\/strong><\/a> is a reference for the entire community and its obligation is established on the basis of the moral reasons that justify it. Its strength lies exclusively in the commitment made by all the members of the community to respect a set of common values \u200b\u200band principles, such as responsibility, cooperation, diversity, research integrity, and mutual respect.<\/p>\n<p>In this sense, the <a href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2072\/537897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code of Ethics<\/a> is not a legal norm, but rather a series of norms of behaviour of the people within the research institution and of all the fields involved, who acquire the commitment to make it known and applied.<\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight-block\">\n<p><a class=\"icona-pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2072\/537897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ICAC\u00a0Code of Ethics<\/strong><\/a> (June, 2024)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aiming to monitor and evaluate the ICAC Code of Ethics, in 2017 an <strong>Ethics Committee<\/strong> was set up. It is made up of three members of the Institute, chosen from a consensus proposal between the management of the centre and the representatives of the workers. These members are representative of the three activity areas in which the Institute is organized (research, scientific-technical services and management and research support).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>The ICAC Ethics Committee members are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW188515584 BCX0\" lang=\"CA-ES\" xml:lang=\"CA-ES\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188515584 BCX0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/who-are-we\/staff\/gfrigola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gilbert Frigola Olives<\/a>\u00a0(representative of the management and research support area)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW188515584 BCX0\" lang=\"CA-ES\" xml:lang=\"CA-ES\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188515584 BCX0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/who-are-we\/staff\/agutierrez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Guti\u00e9rrez Garcia-Moreno<\/a>\u00a0(representative of the scientific-technical services)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW188515584 BCX0\" lang=\"CA-ES\" xml:lang=\"CA-ES\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/qui-som\/personal\/alivarda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188515584 BCX0\">Alexandra\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span class=\"SpellingError SCXW188515584 BCX0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/en\/who-are-we\/staff\/alivarda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Livarda<\/a>\u00a0(representative of the research staff)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW188515584 BCX0\" lang=\"CA-ES\" xml:lang=\"CA-ES\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188515584 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The committee has set up the contact email <a href=\"mailto:comite.etica@icac.cat\">comite.etica@icac.cat<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Furthermore, the Institute also has an <a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/qui-som\/portal-de-la-transparencia\/sistema-alertes-intern\/\">internal alert system<\/a>, managed by this Committee, which allows any person to report regulatory breaches, violations of the code of conduct, research integrity issues, abuses or irregularities within ICAC-CERCA, while guaranteeing the anonymity of the whistleblower.<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>Ethical codes to which the ICAC adheres:<\/h5>\n<p><a class=\"icona-pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2072\/489384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code of conduct,<\/a> Instituci\u00f3 CERCA (May 2025)<\/p>\n<p><em>Annexes\u00a0to the ICAC Code of Ethics<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Annex 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/codi_adac.pdf\">Codi deontol\u00f2gic del professional de l\u2019arqueologia (Ad\u2019AC)<\/a> (2011)<\/p>\n<p>Annex 2: <a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/codi_icom.pdf\">ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Annex 3: <a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/codi_allea_11.pdf\">The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity<\/a> (2011)<\/p>\n<p>Annex 4: <a href=\"https:\/\/icac.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/codi_allea_17.pdf\">The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity<\/a> (Revised edition, 2017)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catalan Institute of Classical Archeology, in order to improve the fulfilment of its objectives, decides to assume a set of values, principles and norms that must inspire the conduct of the members of the institution. 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