Japan Society of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Sciences: Research Code ofEthics[Aims and objectives]
The Japan Society of Physical Education, Health, and Sport Sciences(hereinafter, the Society) announced the establishment of the “Japan Society ofPhysical Education, Health, and Sport Sciences Research Code of Ethics”(hereinafter, Research Code of Ethics) related to research.
This research ethics code is a code of ethics that must be observed by all membersof the Society, and based on this code they must return appropriately any
intellectual property they obtain to the Society and promote the development ofresearch. Research must always respect the human rights of research subjects, thesocial impact of the “Personal Information Protection Law,” the “Ethics Guidelines
for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects,” and the “Act for
Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities.”
Members of the Society must be aware of their social responsibility as
researchers, and respect the human rights of research subjects, protect theirprivacy, and consider their disadvantages. They must be aware that advances inresearch are only possible with the trust and social understanding of the researchsubjects.
The Society has strongly urged its members to recognize and realize the ethicalissues of research, and subsequently established the Research Code of Ethics.
Article 1 (Ethical validity)
Members must comply with the Research Code of Ethics for research.
Article 2 (Respect for human rights)
With respect to research, members must respect human rights to the greatest
possible extent, and must observe the codes of informed consent for researchsubjects and informed assent in the case of socially vulnerable people.
Article 3 (Protection of privacy)
With respect to research, members must be mindful of the protection of privacy
to the greatest possible extent.
Article 4 (Guarantee of fairness and trust)With respect to research, members must preserve fairness and guarantee theconfidence of society.
Article 5 (Prohibition of discrimination)
With respect to research, members may not discriminate on the grounds of age,disability, race, skin color, gender, sexual orientation, language, religion, politicalor other opinions, country, community of origin, property, background, or otheridentities.
Article 6 (Prohibition of harassment)

With respect to research, members may not carry out any form of harassment
including sexual harassment and academic harassment.
Article 7 (Proper handling of research funds)
Members must handle research funds appropriately.
Article 8 (Prohibition of unfair practices such as copyright infringement)
Members may not carry out unfair practices such as copyright infringement,plagiarism, theft, or duplicate publication.
Article 9 (Management of conflicts of interest)
Members must endeavor to disclose the management of conflicts of interest
properly.
Article 10 (Publication of research results)
Members must endeavor to publicize research results through the projects
stipulated in the company statutes.
Article 11 (Guarantee of a safe place for mutual criticism and corroboration)
Members must endeavor to guarantee a safe place for mutual criticism andcorroboration.
Article 12 (Publicization of the Research Code of Ethics)
The Society shall endeavor to publicize the Research Code of Ethics as widely aspossible.
Supplementary Provisions
1 In order to respond to ethical issues in research, the Society will establish a“Research Ethics Committee.”2 This Research Code of Ethics can be altered through a meeting of the General
Assembly of the Society.
3 This Research Code of Ethics will come into force on June 16, 2018.
4 This Research Code of Ethics will come into force on April 1, 2021.