The IUPAP thinks that scientific integrity is indissolubly linked to the practice of science. The Union is deeply committed to promoting scientific and ethical standards that will help eliminate research misconduct, handle conflicts of interest, increase transparency and induce the internalization of values such as trust, accountability and fairness. These values are essential for collaborative work and for the way in which the results of science research are perceived by the general public.

With the contribution of members of the Affiliated Commission on the History and Philosophy of Physics (AC6) and the direct involvement of the Vice-President at Large with responsibility for Outreach and Ethics and of the Working Group on Ethics (WG18), which creation was approved by the 30^th IUPAP General Assembly, we foresee to define a set of guidelines that will help IUPAP promote scientific and ethical standards and address ethical issues of great current concern. In this regard, guidelines have been established to address sexual harassment during IUPAP sponsored conferences and new regulations have been added to make decisions on awards. The Waterloo Charter for Gender Inclusion and Diversity in Physics also entails a list of good practice recommendations that are directly related to ethics and science integrity.

Besides establishing rules of conduct for individual scientists, there are other problems that concern with undesirable behaviors by other players of the scientific ecosystem. In particular, we have observed in recent years significant increases in the solicitation to contribute to predatory journals and conferences. Such vulturine practices not only have financial consequences, but the lack of serious peer reviews in some cases could result in “fake science”, which could significantly undermine trust in science, in addition to the financial consequences of such faulty publications. The IUPAP will take a lead in seriously combatting such predatory and/or fake practices in physics and applied physics.