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Reading Questions for Ethics Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research

1. In Ethical Obligations of Editors of Scientific Journals,(section A) how should an editor handle a situation where a manuscript is closely related to his/her own research pursuits?
2. In Ethical Obligations of Authors, (section B) how, if at all, should private conversation with a third party about the manuscript be acknowledged?
3. In Ethical Obligations of Reviewers of Manuscripts, (section C) identify three circumstances under which a reviewer would be obligated to return a manuscript to an editor unreviewed.
4. In Ethical Obligations of Scientists Publishing Outside the Scientific Literature, (section D) when should a scientist proclaim a "discovery" to the public?

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