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All participants should actively encourage collaborative, open, and respectful interactions and must discourage disrespectful or hostile interactions. Sexual harassment is not tolerated, including inappropriate verbal and physical conduct, unwelcome advances, and requests for sexual favors. More broadly, the group does not tolerate verbal, non-verbal or physical harassment¹ harassment1 of any kind.

Disparagement and intimidation are not tolerated in the group. Participants must treat each other equally and with respect, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, ethnicity, national origin, physical disability, religion, age or any other attribute. Working group participants should be aware that behaviors and language acceptable to one person may not be to another. 

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Roman technical working group participants also should make every effort to have respectful interactions with members of the larger scientific community, especially when representing Roman at professional conferences and workshops.

Scientific Misconduct

Participants in the groups must perform research in a well-documented and ethically sound manner. Falsification of data or results, plagiarism, taking credit for other’s work or any other scientific misconduct will not be tolerated. “Data and research results should be recorded and maintained in a form that allows review, analysis, and reproduction by others.”² ”2 In addition, it is important that papers include “a set of references that communicates the precedents, sources, and the context of the reported work. Deliberate omission of a pertinent author or reference is unacceptable.”² ”2 Potential conflicts of interest, e.g., related to competing teams, must be disclosed to the leads of the relevant working group.

Information, software, and results presented at internal Roman meetings such as joint technical working groups are not necessarily public and should not be used or communicated outside the Roman technical working groups or the Roman Project without the consent of the originator.

Promoting a Collaborative, Open and Inclusive Research Environment

Meetings: 

When working groups gather in person or on-line for working group meetings, this Code of Conduct applies, although some aspects become more relevant. In particular, verbal discussions and communication must be conducted in a professional and thoughtful manner. 

The joint technical working groups are responsible for supporting the Roman project and Science Centers in meeting Roman mission objectives. As such, the activities in the working groups and topics of discussion will be determined by the group coordinator. Participants are expected to support the activities of the working groups as determined by the group coordinators. 

Publication Development, Review and Approval Processes: 

The processes for publication development (including science data analysis), and internal reviews and approvals before submission to a journal, are determined by autonomous sub-groups within the Roman technical working groups. However, it is important to note that some papers will involve people from multiple groups and backgrounds who may have differing expectations on publication and authorship procedures. To avoid misunderstandings, group members are strongly encouraged to discuss paper development, authorship and review plans as early as possible with prospective authors. This Code of Conduct policy applies throughout the publication development process.

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All participants are expected to abide by the Code of Conduct as a condition of membership in the Roman technical working groups.  Any  Any group participant with a concern about a violation of the Code of Conduct that affects Roman related work should make the concern or complaint known to the appropriate group coordinator(s) and/or the Senior Project Scientist.

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