Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at IIT

The recent report of the Senate Selevt Committee on Foreign and Military Intelligence has drawn attention to the dangers which the activites of the covert intelligence agencies of the United States pose to the integrity of academic institutions and academic persons. The standing and reputation of academies have alwas depended on their dedication to the free search for truth and its free exposition; the exploitation by these agencies of academies and their research has risked undermining the credibility of published research and risked compromising the posittion of academies.

The Sixty-second Annual Meeting f the American Association of University OProfessors declares its firm opposition to any initiative by givernment agencies to involve academiesw in covert intelligence opperations under the guise of academic research. Recognizing the importance of the academic community's participation in the confuct of government policy , and mindful of the responsibilities of scholars and teachers, the Annual Meeting calls on all academics to participate only in those governmental activities whose sponsorship is fully disclosed, and to avoid any involvement which might conflict with their academic obligations and responsibilites. The Annual Meeting calls n all academics associated in any capacity with a government agency to disclose the nature of this association to professional colleagues, students , and others wo are affected by it.