Decisions

Date, No.	Title
03/12/2019 No. SP-29	Decision related to the termination of an investigation (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: publishing house, academic activity
26/11/2019 No. SP-28	Decision related to violations of research ethics (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: scientific publication, data fabrication, good research practice
26/11/2019 No. SP-27	Decision related to violations of procedures at Kaunas University of Technology (Creator of decision: K. Kapočiūtė) Keywords: Kaunas University of Technology, violations of procedures, the minimum number of students, regulation of exceptions, call for a position
15/11/2019 No. SP-26	Decision related to the report of 29 May 2019 (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, publication, peer review, publication ethics
12/11/2019 No. SP-25	Decision related to the acting of the defence board at Lithuanian Sports University (Creator of decision: K. Kapočiūtė) Keywords: defence board, plagiarism, text matches, text-matching software, Lithuanian Sports University
22/10/2019 No. SP-24	Decision related to violations of procedures of the organising and execution of doctoral studies at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, agreement, doctoral studies, doctoral dissertation, doctoral student, supervisor, annual evaluation
11/10/2019 No. SP-23	Decision related to the complaint of 7 August 2019 by K. G. (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: Vilnius Academy of Arts, exam, consultation
03/10/2019 No. SP-22	Decision related to the complaint of 1 August 2019 (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: Kaunas University of Technology, researcher, proposal, Research Council of Lithuania, administrative evaluation, proposal’s amendments
22/08/2019 No. SP-21	Decision related to the complaint of 18 June 2019 (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: first edition, second edition, self-plagiarism
22/08/2019 No. SP-20	Decision related to violations of procedures at Vytautas Magnus University (Creator of decision: K. Kapočiūtė) Keywords: Vytautas Magnus University, regulations of the Board, Students’ Union, violations of procedures
20/08/2019 No. SP-19	Decision related to violations of academic ethics and procedures of a professor and a student at Kaunas University of Technology (Creator of decision: K. Kapočiūtė) Keywords: violation of academic ethics, Bachelor’s final paper, publication, scientific journal, role (functions) of a supervisor, order of authors in a publication, Kaunas University of Technology
30/07/2019 No. SP-18	Decision related to a violation of academic ethics by a professor, a lecturer and a student at Kaunas University of Technology (Creator of decision: K. Kapočiūtė) Keywords: violation of academic ethics, Master’s final paper, publication, scientific journal, Kaunas University of Technology
30/07/2019 No. SP-17	Decision related to violations of the crediting procedure of academic results (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: Vytautas Magnus Universitetas Education Academy, student under Erasmus+ exchange programme, part-time studies, certificate of academic records, retake of an exam, crediting of academic results, violation of procedures
26/07/2019 No. SP-16	Decision related to violations of academic ethics and procedures at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Creator of decision: G. Litvinaitytė) Keywords: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, professional ethics, ethics of science, publication ethics, elimination of the circumstances causing violations of academic ethics
17/07/2019 No. SP-15	Decision related to the termination of an investigation (Creator of decision: K. Kapočiūtė) Keywords: Kaunas University of Technology, final paper, supervisor, publication, co-authorship
17/07/2019 No. SP-14	Decision related to the termination of an investigation (Creator of decision: K. Kapočiūtė) Keywords: Kaunas University of Technology, final paper, supervisor, publication, co-authorship
10/07/2019 No. SP-13	Decision related to violations of academic ethics by an associate professor and a student at Kaunas University of Technology (Creator of decision: K. Kapočiūtė) Keywords: violation of academic ethics, Bachelor’s final paper, supervisor, publication, scientific journal, gift or guest authorship, unfair competition, Kaunas University of Technology
26/06/2019 No. SP-12	Decision related to the complaint of 15 August 2018 by V. R. (Creator of decision: G. Litvinaitytė) Keywords: Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, academic freedom, academic interrelationship
21/06/2019 No. SP-11	Decision related to the complaints of 15 February 2019 and 25 March 2019 by T. G. (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy, registration of documents, scholarship, academic achievements
28/05/2019 No. SP-10	Decision related to violations of academic ethics and procedures at Vilnius University (Creator of decision: G. Litvinaitytė) Keywords: Vilnius University, central academic ethics commission, academic freedom
14/05/2019 No. SP-9	Decision related to the complaint of 11 March 2019 by T. G. (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: Šiauliai University, regulation of document management
03/05/2019 No. SP-8	Decision related to the complaint of 17 December 2018 by G. B. (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: Vytautas Magnus University Education Academy, academic freedom, criticism, principle of ethical relationships
02/05/2019 No. SP-7	Decision related to the complaint of 24 October 2018 by R. D. (Creator of decision: R. Juras) Keywords: publicizing of open call for a position procedure, Kaunas University of Technology
30/04/2019 No. SP-6	Decision related to the complaint of 14 November 2018 (Creator of decision: R. Juras) Keywords: rector’s election procedure, university reorganisation, Šiauliai University
30/04/2019 No. SP-5	Decision related to the report of 15 February 2019 (Creator of decision: K. Pažusytė) Keywords: Vilnius University, academic freedom
30/04/2019 No. SP-4	Decision related to recommendations for Alytus College (Creator of decision: K. Kapočiūtė) Keywords: election procedure of the Academic Board, Alytus College
19/03/2019 No. SP-3	Decision related to the complaint of 13 March 2018 by S. K. (Creator of decision: G. Litvinaitytė) Keywords: publication ethics, scientific productivity, unjustified
08/03/2019 No. SP-2	Decision related to the complaint of 17 July 2018 by D. J. (Creator of decision: G. Litvinaitytė) Keywords: plagiarism, unjustified
19/02/2019 No. SP-1	Decision related to the report of 19 December 2018 by R. K. (Creator of decision: G. Litvinaitytė) Keywords: misleading information, unjustified

Information on the decision-making shall be published in the “Decisions” section on the Office’s website immediately after it has been made. The decision shall be published after the deadline for submitting an appeal of the decision of 30 days, and shall be posted for one year after its publication. If a decision in appealed with court in the course of legal proceedings, the decision shall not be made public, and the calculation of the one-year term shall start from the effective date of the final procedural decision of the court.

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(art. 34 and 35 of Recommendations for Examining and Investigating Complaints and Reports at the Initiative of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures)

Updated: 2019.12.12

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