tion. Increasing levels of skill and responsibility should be rewarded by professional advancement. Ex­traordinary contributions to patent­able inventions, trade secrets or know-how should be compensated by specific financial rewards com­mensurate with the value of the contributions to the employer.

10. The chemist should be permitted to consult with other professionals in the field so as to enhance the in­dividual's capabilities. The inter­change should be permitted with the understanding that the chemist will not reveal confidential compa­ny information in any such discus­sions. In the event of scientific controversy, it is recognized that the chemist will act as an individ­ual and not as a representative of the company.

11. The employer should not inhibit the movement of a chemist from one organization to another, even a competitor, through the use of such practices as covenants not to compete, and claims to subse­quently conceived inventions. Competing employers should not assign a relocated chemist to proj­ects which could compromise pro­fessional ethics through use of trade secrets information.

III. Professional Development The Chemist 1. The chemist is responsible for main­

taining technical competence and for self-development through con­tinuing education. Additionally, the chemist should support and partici­pate in the activities of appropriate technical societies to enhance pro­fessional growth.

2. The chemist should serve the public by using his or her specialized knowledge while participating in civic and political activities. Such participation, however, should be undertaken solely as a responsibility of the individual without involving the employer.

3. The chemist should give credit to all colleagues who contribute to technical accomplishments.

The Employer 1. The chemist should, as a matter of

policy, be encouraged to attend meetings and to take formal courses of study which will enable the indi­vidual to maintain scientific compe­tence.

2. The employer should permit reason­able compensated leaves of absence for professional study in order to maintain competence or to improve knowledge in the chemist's field.

3. The chemist should be encouraged and given the opportunity to pub­lish work in scientific journals and to present findings at scientific meetings.

4. The chemist should be given an op­portunity to participate in profes­sional and scientific society affairs. The chemist should be allowed suf­

ficient time consistent with the per­formance of regular duties to carry out responsibilities in such organi­zations.

5. The chemist should have freedom to participate in political and commu­nity activities.

IV. Termination Conditions (2) The Chemist 1. The chemist who intends to termi­

nate employment should provide a minimum of four weeks' advance notice and should assist the em­ployer to maintain continuity of function.

The Employer 1. Any chemist who is terminated

should be given a minimum of four weeks' advance notice.

2. The chemist should receive sever­ance pay consisting of two weeks' salary for each year of service. Be­yond the minimum four weeks' ad­vance notice, additional notice in lieu of severance pay may be pro­vided by mutual consent of both parties.

3. Every effort should be made to place the individual in another posi­tion within the organization, includ­ing retraining for a new position if necessary. When it is determined that such relocation is not possible, the chemist should be given assis­tance in finding employment else­where.

4. Any chemist having a minimum of 10 years' total service should not be terminated except for continuing evidence of previously documented inadequate performance or for cause. If either inadequate perfor­mance or cause is claimed, the chemist's case should be reviewed by two levels of management above the immediate supervisor. Manage­ment also should consider the opin­ion of the chemist's performance by scientific peers.

5. Any chemist terminated with a minimum of 10 years' total service should have fully vested pension rights with survivor benefits.

6. Any chemist who is involuntarily re­tired by an employer should be treated at least as well as an em­ployee dismissed for economic rea­sons (i.e., be given severance pay, notice, vested pension privileges, etc.).

7. Life insurance and medical care plans should be continued by the employer for a minimum of one month following termination at least at the same rate of contribu­tion as when the terminée was a full-time employee. The employee would have an additional 31-day grace period.

8. The employer should follow a policy of rehiring those terminated in a re­trenchment before similarly quali­fied employees are recruited. Rehire privileges should be carefully ex­plained to terminated employees.

Investigation of Unprofessional Conduct The Chemist 1. The Committee on Professional

Relations will investigate instances of conduct by chemists reported to be in violation of the Professional Employment Guidelines.

2. The conclusions of the committee will be communicated to the parties involved.

3. Documented instances of unethical conduct can lead to initiation of proceedings before the council of the American Chemical Society, in ac­cordance with Article IV, Sec. 3 of the constitution and Bylaw I, Sec. 7.

The Employer 1. The Committee on Professional

Relations will investigate instances of conduct by employers reported to be in violation of the Professional Employment Guidelines.

2. The committee will extend assis­tance to chemists whom the com­mittee has deemed to have been treated unprofessionally.

3. Documented unprofessional conduct by an employer can lead to citation before the council of the American Chemical Society and subsequent publication.

(1) For brevity, the term "chemist" in the guidelines refers to both chemists and chemical engineers. (2) Termina­tion for cause is excluded. D

CAS registry records 3 millionth compound Chemical Abstracts Service has record­ed the 3 millionth chemical compound in its computer-based Chemical Regis­try System. The compound is [SP- 4 - 3 - (Z, Z) ] -dichloro(dimethylsulfur diimide-ΛΓ) (triethylarsine)platinum, CAS Registry No. 54053-94-0. It is one of a series of dialkylsulfurdiimine com­pounds of platinum whose preparation and properties were reported by J. Kuyper and K. Vrieze of the Anorganisch Chemisch Laboratorium, University of Amsterdam in the Journal of Organo-metallic Chemistry.

The registry, which can be used to identify a substance on the basis of its structure, has on file all compounds in­dexed by Chemical Abstracts since January 1965, when the registry began operating as part of CAS's indexing op­erations. The system links a com­pound's structural description to the various names by which it has been identified in the literature and its CA index name through a computer-checkable identifier, the CAS registry number.

The CAS Chemical Registry System was developed with financial support from the National Science Founda­tion's Office of Science Information Service. D

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