THE ARCHITECTURE OF INTEGRITY. BEYOND PLAGIARISM – Antonio SANDU

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THE ARCHITECTURE OF INTEGRITY. BEYOND PLAGIARISM

 A HANDBOOK ON ACADEMIC ETHICS AND INTEGRITY FOR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS – in the Context of the New Framework Code of University Ethics and Deontology – (the English version of ARHITECTURA INTEGRITĂȚII. DINCOLO DE PLAGIAT ).

Author: Antonio SANDU

Copyright © LUMEN 2025 – Colecția: DEZVOLTARE SOCIALĂ
FORMAT: Tipărit PAGINI: 595 LIMBA: Engleză
ISBN: 978-973-166-649-5

In an era where artificial intelligence transforms scholarly work and research integrity faces unprecedented challenges, this comprehensive handbook provides the essential guidance you need. Whether you’re a graduate student, doctoral candidate, or established researcher, this book offers practical wisdom grounded in both timeless principles and cutting-edge developments.

What Makes This Book Different:

This is not just another rule book filled with prohibitions. Instead, it presents an affirmative-appreciative approach to ethics-focusing on excellence and exemplary conduct rather than merely avoiding violations. Developed from five years of lectures and refined with feedback from hundreds of students, this handbook bridges theory and practice in uniquely accessible ways.

Comprehensive Coverage Across 24 Structured Courses:

– Philosophical Foundations: From Aristotelian virtue ethics to Kantian imperatives, understand why ethics matters and how ethical thinking evolved to meet contemporary challenges

– Research Ethics in Practice: Master research design ethics, data collection, informed consent, and human subjects protection with real case studies and practical applications

– Beyond Plagiarism: Navigate citation, paraphrasing, self-plagiarism, and ghost authorship with nuanced understanding of proper source attribution

– Publication Ethics: Learn scientific authorship criteria, COPE standards, co-authorship disputes, and peer review ethics

– Artificial Intelligence Integration: Explore AI-assisted writing, authorship attribution, and ethical use of ChatGPT and other LLMs in academic work

– Academic Rights and Freedoms: Understand your rights including academic freedom, intellectual property, and institutional ethics policies

– Organizational Culture: Build integrity into institutions through appreciative inquiry and values-based leadership

Designed for Active Learning:

Each course includes learning objectives, key concept definitions, practical case studies, multiple-choice review tests, discussion topics, and curated web resources. The pedagogical structure supports both self-study and classroom use, making it ideal for academic integrity courses, research methodology seminars, or professional development.

Practical Tools You Can Use Immediately:

✓ Model research ethics committee applications

✓ Step-by-step guides for COPE journal indexing

✓ Institutional AI policy templates

✓ Ethical decision-making frameworks

✓ Citation and attribution guidelines

Perfect for:

Graduate students and doctoral candidates Early-career researchers Established scholars on ethics committees Academic administrators Journal editors and peer reviewers Research team leaders Principal investigators Anyone committed to scholarly integrity

Transform Your Understanding of Academic Ethics

This handbook invites you beyond rule-following to genuine ethical engagement. By understanding the “why” behind ethical principles, you’ll be able to handle novel situations no code could anticipate. The result is not just compliance, but development of moral consciousness and professional excellence for your entire academic career.

600+ pages 24 complete courses with learning materials Affirmative ethics emphasizing excellence over prohibition

About the author of the volume ARCHITECTURE OF INTEGRITY. BEYOND PLAGIARISM

Antonio Sandu is tenured Professor PhD at “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania, Senior Researcher at LUMEN Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Iasi, Romania, visiting Professor and PhD adviser at Oradea University and also CEO of LUMEN Publishing House, Iasi, Romania.

His main areas of interest include ethics, bioethics, sociology, social work and social philosophy, public administration.

The original contributions of the author’s scientific activities start from the social construction of reality and social constructionism as seen from a semiological perspective.

He analyses the social construction of reality by developing his very own version of social constructionism operating at the crossroad between the social-constructionist paradigm and the theory of communicative action.

He studied the interpretative adrift of ethical concepts such as ethical acceptability and ethical values. He also conducted research in autonomy and informed consent in medical ethics and public health ethics.

He is also interested in transhuman and posthuman changes in human condition due to the virtualisation of social space.

He is the author of the book: Bioethics in Crisis or the Crisis of Bioethics? An Anthropology of Pandemic in Medicalised Society, published by Lumen Publishing House. He also authored Social Construction of Reality as Communicative action, published at Cambridge Scholar Publishing (2016), and also Social Work Practice: Research Techniques and Intervention Models, Appreciative Ethics: A Constructionist Version of Ethics and Social-Constructionist Epistemology: A Transmodern Overview. The last three books have been published by Lap Lambert between 2012 and 2013. He is main editor of the books Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice and Ethics in Research Practice and Innovation published by IGI Global between 2018-2019. He has published more than 150 papers in scientific journals, among which 60 are WoS indexed, with H factor 13. He has also authored more than 20 volumes in Romanian and English language.