Ethics commission

The University of Minho Ethics Commission (CEUM) was created by the Rector's Order RT-51/2011, September 7th. Its goal is to promote and contribute to the thought and definition of guidelines aimed at the consolidation of a safeguard policy for ethical and deontological principals in research, teaching and interaction with society, within the general functioning of the University. CEUM's specific competences are to prepare proposals, recommendations and reports concerning: ethical issues, namely those related to academic fraud; plagiarism and copyright; respect for informed consent; protection of privacy and personal data; application of professional deontological codes; all activities involving, in any shape or form, people, animals or biological material of human or animal origin; application of national and international declarations and guidelines concerning ethics and bioethics.

CEUM fulfils its role based on respect for human dignity and its promotion, framed within the principles defined in the 3rd Article of the UMinho Statutes.

The Commission may work in both plenary meetings or in specific sub commissions, observing the Orientation Guidelines of CEUM.

Currently, CEUM has two ethical subcommittees: the Subcommittee of Ethics for Life and Health Sciences (SECVS) and the Subcommittee of Ethics for Social and Human Sciences (SECSH).

Members
Ethics forums
Contacts

Members

Licínio Chainho Pereira, Retired Full Professor of UMinho (President)

Guilherme Frederico Dias Pereira da Fonseca, Justice Emeritus of the Constitutional Court

Maria Cecília de Lemos Pinto Estrela Leão, Full Professor of UMinho

António Augusto Sousa Miranda, Retired Full Professor of UMinho

Paulo Manuel Pinto Pereira Almeida Machado, Full Professor of UMinho

Laurinda Sousa Ferreira Leite, Full Professor of UMinho

Maria Luisa García Alonso, Retired Full Professor of UMinho

António Sousa de Azevedo, Senior Technician of UMinho

Helena Rita Gonçalves Marinho Moreira, PhD Student at UMinho

Sara Ferreira Rodrigues, Master's student at UMinho

The mission and duties of the UMinho Ethical Commission (CEUM), as well as its rules of procedure, can be found in the CEUM's Guidelines, approved by the Rector's Order RT-51/2011, September 7th.

Ethics forums

CEUM organises an Ethics Forum annually for all the members of the academic community - students, professors and researchers, non-teaching staff and invited professors. The Forum’s goal is to inform and educate, focusing on the critical analysis of ethics in teaching and in research, particularly in situations of misconduct and conflicts of interest. These Forums also aim to raise awareness and to promote the discussion of topics related to ethics in its various fields - Ethics/Bioethics and Society; University/Society partnership; R&D in Cooperation with Private Businesses; Philosophy and Technology; Ethics and the Protection of Intellectual Property, and more. The Forums contribute towards promoting CEUM, its mission, purpose and sub commissions.

Contacts

CEUM

Universidade do Minho - Reitoria

Campus de Gualtar, CPII, Piso 3

4710-057 Braga

Tel:(+351) 253 601700

E-mail: ceum@reitoria.uminho.pt

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