(b) Accurate results.

1. (1) Counselors plan, conduct, and report research accurately and in a manner that minimizes the possibility that results will be misleading.
2. (2) They provide thorough discussions of the limitations of their data and alternative hypotheses.

3. (3) Counselors do not:

   1. (A) Engage in fraudulent research;
   2. (B) Distort data;
   3. (C) Misrepresent data; or
   4. (D) Deliberately bias their results.

(c) Obligations to report unfavorable results.

1. (1) Counselors communicate to other counselors the results of any research judged to be of professional value.
2. (2) Results that reflect unfavorably on institutions, programs, services, prevailing opinions, or vested interests are not withheld.

(d) Identity of subjects.

1. (1) Counselors who supply data, aid in the research of another person, report research results, or make original data available take due care to disguise the identity of respective subjects in the absence of specific authorization from the subjects to do otherwise.
2. (2) See 17 CAR § 390-201(g) and 17 CAR § 390-205(a).