Ethical guidelines and copyright

Ethical guidelines

  • Use of inclusive, non-offensive language
  • Balanced (non-biased) argumentation
  • Permission must be obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources
  • Statement of interest when appropriate
  • Plagiarism including auto-plagiarism (publishing one’s identical works without indicating the original source) is prohibited and will result in an automatic disqualification from consideration for publication.

For empirical studies:

  • Institutional human subjects’ approval when appropriate
  • Transparency of the research process
  • Anonymity and confidentiality when relevant (not only for persons but organizations or localities if they may suffer any detrimental consequences by being named).

Open Access Statement

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the article, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

Licensing

This journal uses Creative Commons licensing (CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This means that you are free to share (copy and redistribute) or adapt the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially. You must give appropriate credit, that is, properly cite the source and provide the link both to the original publication and to the license (Creative Commons). While adapting the publication, any changes must be clearly indicated and the new version must conform to ethical requirements (e.g., https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines; https://journals.lib.pte.hu/index.php/szocialisszemle/Ethics)

Use of repositories

In accordance with the above licensing policy, authors can deposit the different versions (submitted, accepted or published) versions of their work in an institutional or other repository of their choice.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.