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The Korean Society of Fashion Business Research Ethics Charter
The Korean Society of Fashion Business, as the leading academic institute in its field in Korea, has done the best to be faithful to its own task of the academic institute all the while. The Korean Society of Fashion Business, which recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary, has presented many theses of prominent domestic and overseas scholars in the field, and has steadily pursued the international academic accomplishments.
While the educational environment and general moral ideals are rapidly changing, the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of the members of the academic society should be reasonably reviewed and revised on the basis of self-examination and self-renovation. In particular, this is a time that also requires new resolution and determination to meet the basic expectations of reliability and
salience of our learned society.
For this reason, the members of our Korean Society of Fashion Business hereby declare the research ethics charter of The Korean Society of Fashion Business with the mind desiring the chapter of new academic research as the subject of the academic freedom.
THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF FASHION BUSINESS
Established on October 2, 2007
Revised on April 24, 2018
Declaration
1. The members of The Korean Society of Fashion Business (hereinafter, ‘Members’) will try their best to be equipped with not only expert knowledge in their specialized field but also work in a spirit of cooperation and professionalism.
2. The Members will try their best to increase the society’s academic excellence as expert researchers and to create insight and technology that contributes to the betterment of human society.
3. The Members will contribute to the public good and the increase welfare by applying their expertise and research results as appropriate.
4. The Members possess the right and obligation to participate fairly in the organization and operation of the learned society so as to strengthen the academic community.
Research Ethics Policy
[ Preamble ]
This research ethics policy provides the principle and standards of the research ethics to be observed by the members during performance of the academic activities through the research activities and the academic-industrial cooperative activities.
As for performance of the academic research and presentation of the research Manuscript through the academic-industrial cooperation, the members shall mutually recognize the research value and co-own the research results, which will become the essential factors for the true academic development.
For this reason, it will be necessary to fix the ethics policy to be observed by not only the writers of the research theses but also the editors and the judges of the academic journals so as to contribute to development of the ethics/culture by publishing the high level of academic journals to be selected/ inserted through the fair and strict judgment of the research theses containing the academic research results.
The research ethics committee affiliated to the learned society will be installed for establishment and execution of this research ethics policy.
[ Chapter 1: Researcher-related ethics policy ]
Paragraph 1: Ethics Policy for Authors
Article 1: Scope of Research Dishonesty
The research dishonesty means the forge/falsification/plagiarism and etc. performed in the proposal of the research, execution of the research, report and presentation of the research result and etc., which will be as follows.
(1) “Forge” means the behavior that falsely makes the data or research result and etc. not existing.
(2) “Falsification” means the behavior that optionally distorts the contents and results of the research by manipulating the research material/device/process and etc. artificially or by deteriorating/deleting the data optionally.
(3) "Plagiarism” means the behavior that steals the idea, contents/result and etc. of the research of others without the proper approval or citation and etc.
Article 2: Achievement of Publication
(1) The author will be responsible only for the research actually performed or contributed by itself as the author and also recognized as the achievement.
(2) The author of the Manuscript or other publication achievement or the sequence of the authors shall be correctly reflected as per the degree contributed to the research regardless of the comparative position. It can not be justified that the achievement as the author or the 1st author may be recognized by the reason that it has any position. Meanwhile, it can not be also justified that it may not be recorded as the co-author or the joint researcher despite of being contributed to the research or writing. Namely, as for the research of the postgraduates, it can not be recognized as the sole research result of the academic advisor but indicated as the co-author.
Article 3: Duplicated Insertion or Dual Publication of Research Piece
The author shall not publish (submit) nor try to publish its own research piece, which was previously published (Including the research piece planned to be inserted or under judgment) regardless of domestic/overseas, like new research piece. In case of wanting to publishing it by using the research piece previously published, the author shall provide the information, which is previously published, to the editor of the academic journal to be published, and confirms whether it is applicable to the duplicated insertion or dual publication.
Article 4: Indication of Citation and Reference
(1) In case of citing the disclosed academic data, the author shall try to describe it correctly, and unless it is the data for the common sense, its source shall be surely clarified. In case of evaluating the Manuscript or research plan or in case of the data acquired through the private contact, it can be cited only after receiving the consent from the researcher providing this information.
(2) In case of citing the writing of others or borrowing (referring) the idea of others, the author shall be surely clarified whether it is cited or referred through the note, and let the reader know which part is the preceding research result and which part is the original thought/assertion/ interpretation of the person itself through such marking.
Article 5: Correction of Manuscript
The author shall try to accept the opinions of the judge and the editor, which are presented during evaluation of the Manuscript , and to reflect it on the Manuscript , if possible, and in case of not agreeing to their opinions, the author shall describe its basis and reason in detail and inform the editor (committee) of this matter.
Paragraph 2: Ethics Policy for Editorial Board Members
Article 1: The editorial board members shall be fully responsible to decide whether to insert the submitted Manuscript and respect the personality of the author and the independence as the scholar.
Article 2: The editorial board members shall fairly treat the Manuscript, which is submitted to be inserted in the academic journal, only on the basis of the quality level of the Manuscript and the submission regulations. regardless of not only the gender, age and attached institute of the author but also any prejudice or private closeness.
Article 3: The editorial board members shall entrust the judge, which is equipped with the expert knowledge of the relevant field and the fair judgment ability, with evaluation of the submitted Manuscript . The editorial board members shall try for the objective evaluation to be made if possible by avoiding the judge having the excessive closeness or hostile to the author. However, in case there is any obvious difference between the judges in evaluating the same Manuscript , it can receive the consulting from the third expert in the relevant field.
Article 4: The editorial board members are not allowed to disclose the matter for the author or the contents of the Manuscript to any other person except the judge until it is decided to insert the submitted Manuscript .
Paragraph 3: Ethics Policy for Reviewers
Article 1: The reviewer shall sincerely evaluate the Manuscript , which is entrusted by the editor (committee) of the journal, within the period fixed by the judgment regulations, and inform the editor (committee) of the evaluation result. If it is judged that the person itself is not the proper one to evaluate the contents of the Manuscript , it shall immediately inform the editor (committee) of this matter.
Article 2: The reviewer shall fairly evaluate the Manuscript on the objective basis being far from the private academic creed or the private relations with the author. It is not allowed to drop the Manuscript not specifying the sufficient basis or as it is contrary to the viewpoint or interpretation of the reviewer itself, and it is not also allowed to evaluate it not reading the Manuscript for judgment sufficiently. The reviewer shall clarify its own judgment for the Manuscript , but as for the part requiring the supplement, it shall explain such reason in detail.
Article 3: The reviewer shall keep the secret as to the Manuscript for judgment. Unless it is the case requiring the advice specially for evaluation of the Manuscript , it will be undesirable to show the Manuscript to others or discuss others over the contents of the Manuscript . Also, it is not allowed to cite the contents of the Manuscript without the author's consent before the journal, which the Manuscript is inserted, is published.
[ Chapter 2: Execution Guidelines of Research Ethics Policy ]
Article 1: Oath of Research ethics policy
New member of The Korean Society of Fashion Business shall make the oath to observe this research ethics policy. It shall be regarded that the existing member has made the oath to observe this research ethics policy when it is enforced.
Article 2: Composition of Research Ethics Committee
The research ethics committee will be composed of above 7 members including the committee head, and the committee member shall be appointed by the chairman through the recommendation of the board of directors. The office term of the committee member shall be 3 years, which can remain in office.
Article 3: Report for Violation of Research ethics policy
(1) The informant means the person, who informs the fact recognizing the illegal behavior or the related evidence, to the relevant learned society. The informant can inform it in all the possible ways such as verbal/writing/tel/e-mail and etc., which in principle shall be made in real name. However, even if it is any anonymous information, in case it is informed being inclusive of the Manuscript name, concrete contents and evidence of the illegal behavior in writing or e-mail, the learned society shall treat this in the way corresponding to the information in real name.
(2) The matter for the informant's ID will not become the object for the information disclosure, and in case the informant receives the disadvantage owing to this report or in case its ID is exposed being contrary to its own will, the learned society shall take the responsibility in this relation.
(3) In case the informant wants to know the investigation procedure, schedule and etc., which will be executed after the report of the illegal behavior, it can request the learned society to inform it, while the relevant institute shall sincerely respond to this.
(4) The informant, which reports it despite it knows that the informed contents is false or it can know it, this informant will not be included in the protection object.
Article 4: Protection of Examinee's Right
(1) The examinee means the person that becomes the object for investigation owing to the information or the recognition of the learned society or as it is assumed that it participates in the illegal behavior during execution of the investigation, and the testifier or witness will not be included herein.
(2) The learned society shall pay heed to the fact that the reputation or right of the examinee may not be infringed until the verification over whether to make the illegal behavior is completed, and try to recover the reputation of the examinee that proves not guilty. The suspicion shall not be disclosed to the outside until the judgment result is fixed.
(3) The opportunity for the sufficient explanation shall be bestowed on the examinee.
(4) The examinee can request the learned society for the treatment procedure, treatment schedule and etc. for the investigation of the illegal behavior, while the relevant institute shall sincerely respond to this.
Article 5: Authority of Research Ethics Committee
In case it is judged as violation of the research ethics policy after investigating widely the bill, which is reported as violation of the research ethics policy, through the in formant, examinee, witness, testifier, evidence and etc., the research ethics committee can recommend the chairman for the proper disciplinary measure.
Article 6: Investigation and Deliberation of Research Ethics Committee
The examinee, which is reported as violation of the research ethics policy, shall cooperate the inves tigation executed by the research ethics committee. In case of not cooperating this investigation, such noncooperation itself will be regarded as violation of the research ethics policy.
Article 7: Procedure and Contents of Disciplinary Measure
In case there is any suggestion of the research ethics committee, the chairman shall convoke the board meeting and finally decide whether to take the disciplinary measure and the contents of the disciplinary measure. As for the member that is judged to violate the ethics policy, the disciplinary measure such as notice, suspension of the membership, disqualification and etc. can be made, and such measure can be informed to other institute or the private. As for the academic journal provided through on-line, in case the disciplinary measure is decided owing to the plagiarism and etc., the rel evant Manuscript can be deleted.
Article 8: Correction of Research ethics policy
The correction procedure of the research ethics policy shall comply with the revision procedure for the regulations of this learned society. In case the research ethics policy is corrected, it will be re garded that the members, who pledge the existing regulations, have made the oath to observe new regulations without the additional oath.
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