Abstract
Professionalism, ethics, and legality often become issues in scientific communication. Although professionalism is difficult to define, one should aspire to the characteristics that denote it. Ethics involve such things as plagiarism and distorting data as well as behavior toward and respect for others in areas such as authorship, confidentiality, publication, conflicts of interest, and service to and from others and to the profession. The primary legal issues concern copyrights and patents. Copyright represents ownership of any tangible expression created. Patents give ownership to creators of novel, non-obvious, and useful physical inventions. Ownership of copyright or patent means that one must have legally purchased or be granted permission by the owner to use the tangible expression or invention.
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