In their work, the Editorial Board of the academic edition “Discourses of Ethics” (including the Editor-in-Chief, the Assistant Editor, the Editorial Council and the International Advisory Board, the executive editors and all the editorial team) are guided by the ethical standards developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and European Association of Science Editors (EASE)..
Being part of the academic community, the Editorial Board of the academic journal “Discourses of Ethics” defines its own publication ethics, primarily focusing on the general principles of academic ethos and integrity::
— collegiality and universalism
— respect for copyright and intellectual property
— categorical rejection of plagiarism in any form
— ценность новизны научного результата — the novelty value of scientific result
— freedom and impartiality of scientific creativity
— scientific standards of evidence
— openness and availability of research results
— organized skepticism and right to reasoned criticism
In view of the above, the Editorial Board of the academic journal "Discourses of Ethics" operates in accordance with the following principles:
— to be guided solely by the quality of the manuscript provided by the author when selecting articles for publication in the journal
— to publish articles free of charge and with the full and voluntary consent of the authors
— to not transfer authors’ personal data to third parties and to use the authors’ personal data only for purposes related to the
— to be open to any ethical claims and comments from authors, reviewers, readers, publishers, etc. as well as to be ready to actively engage with them on these matters
The “Discourses of Ethics” publishes works only by those authors who, when submitting research materials for publication, take responsibility for:
— quality of research conducted
— compliance with the principles of responsible co-authorship
— originality of all materials provided (including images, reproductions, graphs and diagrams, etc.) and compliance with citation rules
— provision of an ethical review that must be obtained for research conducted on humans and animals and stated to the Editorial Board
Authors should respect the work of the Editorial Board and reviewers and address their comments or provide reasoned explanations for the indicated issues.
Conflict of interest
The Editorial Board takes all necessary measures to prevent conflicts of interest.
The Editorial Board requires all the parties involved in the publication process (including authors and reviewers) to disclose any information about any possible conflict of interest.
We expect our authors, reviewers, guest editors, technical editorial staff, site administrators, partners, etc. to be committed to and follow all of the values and principles outlined above.
The Editorial Board of “Discourses of Ethics” reserve the right to reject received manuscripts that violate the above principles at any stage, including retracting a text that is already published.
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