Verificarea sesizărilor de suspiciuni de plagiat. Procedură. Consecinţe pentru autorul tezei, conducătorul tezei şi şcoala doctorală
Verification of allegations of plagiarism. Procedure. Consequences for the author of the thesis, the supervisor of the thesis and the doctoral school

Summary/Abstract: The research and preparation activity, throughout the doctoral studies, must fall under the principles of morality, ethics observation, good conduct and good faith. The principles of good conduct, in scientific research, are also provided in Law no. 206/2004 on good conduct in scientific research, technological development and innovation. As the observance of the principles, rights and obligations of the PhD. student and the coordinator, professional honesty and professionalism, leads to favorable consequences, until obtaining the PhD. Title, their violation leads to unfavorable consequences, sanctions and liability, both for the doctoral thesis author, and for the thesis supervisor and the doctoral school. Violation of ethics rules, as well as plagiarism, have consequences both for the author of the doctoral thesis and for the thesis supervisor and the doctoral school. These consequences are both moral, ethical and legal, sanctions provided by law and which involve the liability of those guilty. The responsibility of the author of the doctoral thesis, the thesis supervisor and the doctoral school, is an effect of non-compliance exactly with their obligations and also of the irresponsible treatment and lack of good practices, in the activity of the preparation the doctoral thesis, contrary to the required ethics and morals to be respected. The legal consequences are provided in Law no. 1/2011, Law no. 206/2004, Law no. 8/1996, as disciplinary, administrative, criminal or tort sanctions. Apart from administrative, civil – tort, criminal, contraventional liability or even labor law, what is more important and lasts for a long time or even forever, is the harsh discredit that affects those involved in violating ethics, in plagiarism. All this can only lead to the consideration, as lacking of integrity and professionalism of all those who were involved, directly or indirectly, in the plagiarism activity of a doctoral thesis. It is important, to observe and be guided by the rules of moral conduct, to observe the university ethics and to pay due attention and respect the studies in general and even more so the doctoral studies, which are at the highest level in the „pyramid” studies. The rules of ethics, applicable in the academic space, must be observed by the members of the academic community, in order to ensure a successful collaboration of all participants in university life.

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