Policy Statements

According to Article IV, Section 8, of the AMS Bylaws, the Council has the power to speak in the name of the Society with respect to matters affecting the status of mathematics or mathematicians, such as proposed or enacted federal or state legislation; conditions of employment in universities, colleges, or business, research or industrial organizations; regulations, policies, or acts of governmental agencies or instrumentalities; and other items which tend to affect the dignity and effective position of mathematics.

Following is a list of policy statements the Council has adopted so as to speak in the name of the Society since 1994:

• Supportive Practices and Ethics in the Employment of Young People in the Mathematical Sciences (adopted March 2007)
• Ethical Guidelines (adopted January 2005)
• Open Science and Security (adopted March 2000)
• Tenure (adopted March 1999)
• Immigration (adopted March 1997)
• National Policy Statement (adopted May 1994)
• Summary Version
• Full Version
• Internet Access (adopted January 1994)