{"id":754,"date":"2022-11-08T23:06:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T23:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalproblems.rs\/unethical-behaviour\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T19:08:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T19:08:25","slug":"unethical-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/internationalproblems.rs\/en\/unethical-behaviour\/","title":{"rendered":"Unethical Behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DEALING WITH UNETHICAL BEHAVIOUR<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"im_para has-medium-font-size\">The Editor-in-Chief of <em>International Problems<\/em>\/<em>Me\u0111unarodni problemi<\/em> has a duty to&#13;\ninitiate adequate procedure when she\/he has a reasonable doubt or determines that a breach&#13;\nof ethical standards has occurred \u2013 in published articles or submitted manuscripts. Anyone&#13;\nmay inform the Editor-in- Chief at any time of suspected unethical behaviour by giving the&#13;\nnecessary evidence.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"im_para has-medium-font-size\">The Editor-in-Chief in cooperation with the Editorial Board will decide on starting an&#13;\ninvestigation aimed at examining the reported information and evidences. During an&#13;\ninvestigation, any evidence should be treated as strictly confidential and only made available&#13;\nto those strictly involved in investigating procedure. The authors suspected of misconduct will&#13;\nalways be given the chance to respond to any evidences brought up against them and to&#13;\npresent their arguments.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"im_para has-medium-font-size\">The Editor-in-Chief in cooperation with the Editorial Board \u2013 and, if necessary, with a&#13;\ngroup of experts \u2013 concludes the investigation by making decision whether a breach of ethical&#13;\nstandards has occurred or has not. In the case of determined breach of ethical standards, it&#13;\nwill be classified as either minor or serious. Serious breaches of ethical standards are&#13;\nplagiarism, false authorship, misreported or falsified data or fabricated or falsified research&#13;\nresults, and substantial text recycling (over 50% of a manuscript\/article body text).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"im_para has-medium-font-size\">Along with the rejection of manuscript or retraction of published article from the journal&#13;\n(in accordance with the Retraction Policy), the following actions can be pursued, either&#13;\nindividually or cumulatively:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\">\n<li>A ban on submissions for a two-year period in the case of a minor breach of ethical&#13;\nstandards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A ban on submissions for a period 5\u201310 years in the case of a serious breach of ethical&#13;\nstandards or repetitive minor breaches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Publication of a formal announcement or editorial describing the case of breach of&#13;\nethical standards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Informing the wrongdoer\u2019s head of department and\/or employer of the breach of&#13;\nethical standards by means of a formal letter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Referring a case to a professional organisation or legal authority for further&#13;\ninvestigation and action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"im_para has-medium-font-size\">When dealing with unethical behaviour, the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board will rely on&#13;\nthe guidelines and recommendations provided by the <strong>Committee on Publication Ethics \u2013 COPE<\/strong>&#13;\n(available at <a href=\"http:\/\/publicationethics.org\/resources\/\">http:\/\/publicationethics.org\/resources\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEALING WITH UNETHICAL BEHAVIOUR The Editor-in-Chief of International Problems\/Me\u0111unarodni problemi has a duty to&#13; initiate adequate procedure when she\/he has a reasonable doubt or determines that a breach&#13; of ethical standards has occurred \u2013 in published articles or submitted manuscripts. 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