Academic honesty: current status and forms of improvement

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this article is to analyze the current status of academic honesty, improvement of its organizational and legal principles. Method: To achieve this goal, such methods as logical-legal and systematic, dialectical and dogmatic, formal-logical, comparative analysis, was used. The interrelated application of these methods led to the science-based conclusions and suggestions. Results: The issues of the essence and significance of academic honesty, the current status of these issues problematic aspect, as well as the ways of qualitative improvement of the legal and organizational principles of academic honesty have been researched. It has been argued that academic honesty is an integral part of both ensuring the quality of higher education and conducting research. The legislative and doctrinal definition of the concept of «academic honesty» has been provided; the types of responsibility for the violation of academic honesty have been defined. Issues related to the formation and functioning of an atmosphere of mutual respect among scholars have been considered both to their own scientific works, and to scientific works of their colleagues. Conclusions: Based on the results of the conducted study, propositions to improve the legal principles for ensuring academic honesty in Ukraine have been formulated.