2022Q1 Reports: Ethics Committee Co-chairs-Draft

General

The Ethics Committee was established by the ACL on October 6, 2021 [[]], appointing a nine person team: three co-chairs, one from each major region of the ACL membership, and six members Effort was made to balance both gender and regional representation.

Since the establishment of the committee, the chairs have held their own biweekly meetings to coordinate work, and the committee as a whole has convened monthly meetings to ensure targets are met.

Efforts

The Ethics Committee has made progress on a number of internal initiatives, largely organised around delegated subcommittees to make progress. These include

• #Ethics Survey
• #Ethical Reviewing Guidelines
• #Ethics Education and Outreach
• #Committee Scope
• #Committee Procedure