Science: Standards must be met The chairman of the Science Council, Professor Wolfgang Marquardt explains to the current discussion related to the plagiarism accusations against the thesis of the Federal Minister of Defence:
With increasing concern I am taking note of how to take as a result of the discussion on the doctoral thesis of Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the social prestige of science claims threatened. The publicly announced disregard of the fundamental principles of scientific work can ignore the fact that scientific progress and therefore also the prosperity of our country's largely based on compliance with these principles. A successful science can do it without the careful use of sources without an unequivocal distinction outside and internal knowledge and can not exist without the documentation and critical discussion of their own, objectively largely hedged research. The vast majority of developed at German universities promotions meets those high standards of quality.
The German science and its quality assurance systems are also highly recognized by international standards. This reputation must not be damaged by the trivialization of scientific misconduct. All the more reason to insist on compliance with these quality standards and safe alternate border to pursue any infringement of the rules of good scientific practice strict. But we also need the Support the policy.
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