
The implementation of Decision No. 991 of December 2020, which includes the establishment of ethics and ethics committees in higher education and scientific research institutions, as well as Resolution 108/2020 that defines the rules relating to scientific plagiarism and combating it. The inauguration of the Committee on Ethics and the Ethics of the University Profession of the University of Kasidi Merbah Ouargla by the President of the University, Professor Muhammad Taher Halillat, in the presence of the 12 members of the Committee representing the faculties and institutes of the university.
The university director stressed the need to activate the charter of university ethics and ethics and ensure the implementation of laws that guarantee the scientific integrity of research and scientific work. For his part, Professor Abdallah Bodjrada, the elected president of this new committee, stressed the weight of the responsibility entrusted to him and that he will work in coordination with professors, doctors, and experts, members of the committee to respect the laws and the regulations in force in the same framework. It is beneficial that he will put all his expertise at the disposal of the committee, using the expertise of his colleagues in the same committee.
The interventions of the members of the committee focused on consolidating and urging professors and students to scientific honesty through awareness of the rules and ethics of scientific research, the rules of citation, marginalization, scientific theft, and the consequences thereof.
At the end of the session, the university president praised the efforts of the former council members and wished success and the serious and dedicated work of the new members of the committee through coordination and cooperation between them.
