ACM Policies and Procedures
ACM's policies and procedures promoting standards of conduct for the computing field, addressing the following areas:
ACM Constitution
Code of Ethics
- ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
- Using the ACM Code of Ethics (pdf)
- Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
- Ingeniería de Software, Código de Ética y Práctica Profesional
Elections
Privacy
Anti-Spam
Awards
Publications
- Rights and Responsibilities in ACM Publishing
- ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism
- ACM Policy on Reviewer Anonymity
- Copyright Policy
- Fax or Electronic Copyright Forms Policy
- Viability Review Process for ACM Publications
- Including Ancillary Material in Digital Library
- Editor-in-Chief Appointment Policy
- Policy for Appeals - Manuscript Handling
- Policy on Retention of Paper Files
- Publishing Non-SIG Conference Proceedings
- Terms of Usage - Digital Library
- Access to non Digital Library Subscribers Policy
- Turing Award printed in CACM Policy
- Quality of Refereed Electronic Publications
- Recording Publication Dates for Electronic-Only Publications
- Conflict of Interest Policy for Papers Authored by ACM Editors-in-Chief
- Joint-Publishing Agreements for Track I Publications
- ACM-Branded Facility Policy
- Policy on Pre-Publication Evaluation
- ACM Policy on Prior Publication and Simultaneous Submissions