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Guideline 1
Commitment to the general principles
Higher education institutions and non-HEI research institutions, with the participation of their members, work together to define rules of good research practice, ensure that their employees are made aware of these guidelines and related policies and regulations, and require their employees to comply with them with due regard for the type of research undertaken in the relevant subject area. Individual researchers are responsible for ensuring that their own conduct complies with the standards of good research practice.
Explanations:
In particular, the principles include working lege artis, maintaining strict honesty in attributing one’s own contributions and those of others, rigorously questioning all findings, and permitting and promoting critical discourse within the research community. The principles of good research practice are set out in the following guidelines.
Further links on the commitment to the general principles
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The article explains who constitutes a member and an employee of a higher education institution.
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Keywords:
applicability of the Code of Conduct to the personal sphere