Board of Academic Ethics

The University’s culture is based on the academic values and ethical principles formed in accordance with the Magna Charta of the European Universities and the European Charter for Researchers. KTU considers promotion and cultivation of academic culture its main priority, therefore academic ethics at the University is supervised and implemented by the Board of Academic Ethics.

Notification about ethics violation

Should you have any notification about violation of academic ethics, please send it to etikos.kolegija@ktu.lt

The Board responds to the violations of academic ethics in accordance with the Code of Academic Ethics approved by the Senate; it examines the statements of KTU employees and students regarding the violations of scientific, professional, communication and behavioural ethics.
The Board promotes the provisions of academic ethics in KTU community, does not tolerate discrimination based on the person’s sex, age, ethnicity, nationality or social background, religion or beliefs, sexual orientation, language, disability, political views, social or economic status, does not tolerate violations of moral and property rights of the institution’s intellectual property and copyrights, plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty.
The Board does not examine the misconducts of KTU employees that are examined under the procedure set by the Code of Labour, as well as the academic misconducts of students and unclassified students that are examined under the procedure set by the Academic Regulations.
The Board does not undertake to respond to every letter, however, clearly motivated statements and complaints will be examined in its meetings. Anonymous letters are not examined.

Composition

(approved by Senate’s Decree
No. V3-S-48 on 19 06 2019)

Prof Diana Adlienė
Prof Mindaugas Daukšys
Lect Julijus Jakutavičius
Assoc Prof Vaida Jonaitienė (Chairwoman)
Assoc Prof Violeta Kaunelienė
Prof Donatas Levišauskas
Stud Emilija Karaseva

Summaries of discussions, lectures and consultations on academic ethics and procedures

8 November 2019 Kaunas University of Technology College of Academic Ethics, as part of the prevention of violations of academic ethics, invited the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures of the Republic of Lithuania, Loreta Tauginienė, to a meeting with the community of Kaunas University of Technology. During the meeting, the Ombudsperson gave a lecture on the topic of publication ethics, in which she pointed out the forms of academic dishonesty in the publication of scientific publications, the most common violations (e.g., gift co-authorship, self-plagiarism, etc.), and the possible consequences of this. She also presented the problems and infringements that arise when a publication is based on a student’s final thesis.

27 January 2023 In a discussion organised by Kaunas University of Technology “Lecturers’ Café”, Dr. Loreta Tauginienė, the Ombudsperson of the Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures of the Republic of Lithuania, presented to the lecturers the relevant information on academic ethics in the process of study, e.g. the expectations of the teaching profession in the field of academic ethics, the measures to promote compliance with the provisions of the academic ethics on the national level and on the level of the university. Together with the participants in the discussion, the Ombudsperson sought solutions to the issues raised in relation to the organisation and assurance of the study process. About 70 Kaunas University of Technology lecturers participated in the discussion.