PLAGIÁTORSTVO VO VEDE, ETICKÉ ŠTANDARDY A AUTORSKÝ ZÁKON

Plagiarism has represented a bulging ethical and legal problem in recent decades. It is one of the dominant forms of academic dishonesty, both in the university and scientific environments. Various factors provide fertile soil for it - from the commercialization of education, through the digitalization of information technologies, to the growing competition for publication in the world of science. Various initiatives and discussions have reacted to this problem. They are striving to establish ethical behaviour and zero tolerance to academic dishonesty. The movement for “good scientific practice”, “scientific integrity” and standardizing measures in the academic environment is an important instrument for preventing and eliminating plagiarism. The transfer of ethical standards and their mutual harmonization is part of the integration of individual national sciences into the international base. In the end, this process contributes to establishing concrete steps and norms, enabling the consistent identification, judgement and sanctioning of plagiarism in scientific work. The legislative norms of the individual states remain key legal pillars of any norm setting in the field of scientific practice and in the struggle against plagiarism. In Slovakia this means especially the Act on Rights of Authorship. On the other hand, its use in solving cases of plagiarism has proved to be less effective than a consistent approach in the framework of the academic world.