Irregularities in doctoral thesis: Berlin's traffic senator Manja Schreiner wants to initiate her own review.
Irregularities in doctoral thesis: Berlin's traffic senator Manja Schreiner wants to initiate her own review.
Berlin's traffic senator Manja Schreiner (CDU) has announced that it will take a review of her doctoral thesis after reports on possible irregularities have appeared. A spokeswoman for the politician announced that Schreiner would send a corresponding message to the University of Rostock next week. However, it remains to be seen whether the university will meet and how long the review will take.
The doctoral thesis entitled "Employee consideration in takeover law" dates from 2007. The work of volunteers on the platform "Vroniplag Wiki" is currently analyzed. According to Martin Heidingsfelder, the founder of Vroniplag Wiki, several dozen complaints have been found. However, the exam is still running, and Vroniplag Wiki has not yet publicly confirmed that Schreiner's work has irregularities. However, it was confirmed that it is Schreiner's work that Vroniplag Wiki is only under the abbreviation "MSR".
The case became public after the Frankfurt law professor Roland Schimmel reported in a specialist article in the "new legal weekly" about so -called peasant victims in academic work. These are indispensable text takeovers from other work. Although a source is specified, this does not refer to the entire text taken over. This blends in which thought performance comes from the authors themselves and which of the quoted source.mold criticizes this phenomenon as widespread in law. He calls for a fundamental debate about plagiarism in the academic world, especially in law. This behavior would be tolerated by some specialist areas, which could encourage future doctoral students to also apply unclean working methods.
Schreiner's announcement to have your doctoral thesis checked shows your endeavor to ensure transparency and integrity. It remains to be seen how the examination works and what consequences from this will result. The debate about plagiarism and unclean scientific work is an important topic that requires a comprehensive discussion to maintain the credibility and quality of the academic world.
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