Why all authors, however they publish, should consider ALLi's Ethical Author Code. By Jane Steen

An Ethical Author Code has been developed by the Alliance of Independent Authors (or ALLi, puzzlingly), in part due to Kathleen Hale and Richard Brittain stalking and assaulting reviewers, respectively. 

"The Ethical Author Code is not industry regulation from the top down. We believe all authors, however they publish and however much they earn from their efforts, have an equal stake in a diverse, well-informed, professionally conducted publishing industry."