This course has been developed in collaboration with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Overview
A wide range of ethical issues can arise in academic publishing. These can be caused by misbehaving authors (e.g. committing plagiarism or fraud), by abuse of editorial positions and also by conflicts between publishers’ and societies’ commercial interests and principles of editorial freedom and integrity. This course will cover how to effectively detect and deal with possible misconduct and show the importance of having sound ethical policies. While the principles and theories covered are applicable across most publication types, some issues covered will be particularly relevant to journals publishing.

Prices: Member £365.00 plus VAT (please log in for this price), Non Member £530.00 plus VAT

Programme
• Editors’ views on ethical issues
• Introduction to publication ethics
• How can misconduct be detected?
• How to deal with suspected misconduct
• Retractions and corrections
• How can publishers’ policies prevent misconduct?

This course will commence at 09:30 (registration, with tea/coffee, from 09:00) and end at approximately 17:00

By the end of the course delegates will be able to
Be aware of the main ethical issues that arise in academic publishing, understand how editors view ethical issues, be aware of techniques for detecting misconduct, have greater confidence in handling cases of possible misconduct, understand guidelines relating to misconduct (in particular, the COPE guidelines on retractions), appreciate how publishers’ policies and practices can ensure ethical publishing.

Who should attend
Anybody with an interest in publication ethics, including editorial staff and journal editors. It will be especially relevant to anybody developing or revising their company’s, society’s or journal’s editorial policies or processes and is suitable for organizations large and small.