FCwSW Publishing House applies the highest publishing standards and is guided by ethical principles aimed at counteracting unfair publishing practices. We follow the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) publicationethics.org (instructions of conduct in Polish) and the recommendations of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education included in the study Good Practices in Review Procedures in Science (Warsaw 2011) . If scientific dishonesty is detected, the FCwSW Publishing House documents all its manifestations and informs the appropriate entities.

Rules applicable to FCwSW Publishing House

FCwSW Publishing House prepares publications of scientific workers, scientific, didactic or popularizing works for publication. Our publications are created in a transparent, honest way and with respect for the authorship of the work. Texts are assessed only in terms of content. The authors' race, gender, religion, origin, citizenship and political beliefs do not influence the evaluation of the texts.Publications submitted to the FCwSW Publishing House are verified for compliance with the principles of publishing ethics. The publishing house also uses available measures to prevent plagiarism, self-plagiarism, publication of false data and phenomena such as "ghostwriting" and "guest authorship". Each text is checked using the anti-plagiarism program "Similarity Check", "Plagiat.pl" or another.All publications published by the FCwSW Publishing House, after being submitted to the publishing plan, completing the author's material and preliminary verification, are sent for a scientific review, the purpose of which is to evaluate the material, point out deficiencies, formulate comments for the Author and make a clear suggestion to the publishing house whether the work should be published.When deciding on the selection of a reviewer, the Publishing House uses a list of potential reviewers (at least two) proposed by the publishing unit in the case of a scientific publication.FCwSW Publishing House has the right not to accept and refuse to publish a work that has received a negative review. The publisher has the right to withdraw the publication if there is evidence of data falsification, if the work bears signs of plagiarism or violates the principles of publishing ethics.The author has the right to appeal against the decision not to accept the work for publication. The decision, based on the justification provided by the Author, is made by the Publishing Council.The FCwSW Publishing House team, guided by its best knowledge and available resources, begins editorial work on the text qualified for publication. Unpublished texts may not be used by persons participating in the publishing process without the written consent of the authors. The publisher ensures the confidentiality and security of personal data. No information about works submitted for publication and published is disclosed to unauthorized persons.

Rules applicable to the author/editor

When submitting a work for publication at the FCwSW Publishing House, the author/editor is obliged to guarantee the full originality of the work, to provide a reliable description of the research performed, to objectively interpret the results, and to avoid phenomena such as:- plagiarism, i.e. appropriation of another person's work in whole or in part,- self-plagiarism (duplicating publications), i.e. multiple publication of the same text or only a slightly processed text, under conditions misleading that it is a work or part of a work distributed for the first time.The author/editor is obliged to mark it in a way that indicates that it is a quotation of research and information from other scientists that was used in the publication. Texts should contain information enabling the identification of data sources. Authors/editors should list in the attached bibliography all the publications they used when creating the work. The author/editor should obtain the rights to include all third-party rights in the publication, including rights to photos, illustrations, tables, charts, diagrams, etc., if they are covered by copyright.The author/editor is obliged to immediately notify the publisher if he finds significant errors or inaccuracies in his text in order to correct them during the publishing process or during the next edition or reprint (if the text has already been published). The author should correct all substantive errors indicated by the language editor at every stage of the publishing process.Editors submitting collective publications for publication are obliged to provide the affiliation of individual authors. Monographs with multiple authors should disclose the contribution of individual authors to their creation.Thanks to the procedure described above, you can avoid such irregularities as:- ghost authorship, i.e. omission from the list of authors of people who contributed to the creation of the work,- guest or courtesy authorship, i.e. assigning authorship to people who do not contribute to the submitted study.If one of the above-mentioned forms of non-compliance with the principles of publication ethics is suspected, the Publishing House asks the Author to explain the situation and decide whether the suspicions are justified and require a revision of the work or its rejection.FCwSW Publishing House provides information about documented violations of ethical principles to institutions employing authors and other interested entities. FCwSW Publishing House refuses to accept the work for publication.

Rules applicable to the reviewer

The reviewer reviews a text commissioned by FCwSW Publishing House. Before assessing the author's material, the reviewer submits a declaration of no conflict of interest, in particular regarding:- direct personal relationships with the Author (kinship, legal relationships, conflict),- professional reporting relationship with the Author,- direct scientific cooperation with the Author.The reviewer is obliged to disclose possible plagiarism, suspicion of plagiarism or unnecessary (duplicate) publication, as well as deficiencies in the citation of data (data manipulation).The reviewer is obliged not to use knowledge about the reviewed work before its publication. He cannot use it for his personal needs and benefits. Reviews and peer-reviewed works are confidential. They cannot be disclosed to third parties, except for persons participating in the publishing process.The reviewer is obliged to deliver the review within the agreed deadline. If, for substantive or other reasons, the author cannot meet the deadline or review the text, he or she should inform the publisher about the situation.The review must be in writing and end with an unambiguous conclusion that the work be accepted for publication or rejected. The review places emphasis on the substantive level, originality of the theses put forward and the validity of the research undertaken, methodology, correctness of the conclusions formulated and the method of their presentation. The review should be fair, objective, reliable, constructive and consistent with knowledge. The assessment of the submitted work should be supported by appropriate argumentation and without personal criticism of the author. The author receives the review, responds to it in writing and prepares a revised version of the work. All contacts between the Author and the reviewer until the work is published take place exclusively through the FCwSW Publishing House.

Rules applicable to the translator

The translator is obliged to use the knowledge and skills available to him in order to ensure the highest quality translation.The translator should complete the order on time. In the event of difficulties in meeting the deadline, he is obliged to immediately notify the publisher of the situation.When translating another edition of a publication, the translator should make sure that there is no plagiarism of the existing translation.The translator should check whether the translation does not infringe the rights of third parties to the materials contained in the text.The translator applies the highest publishing standards and follows ethical principles aimed at counteracting unfair publishing practices. We follow the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) publicationethics.org (instructions of conduct in Polish) and the recommendations of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education included in the study Good Practices in Review Procedures in Science (Warsaw 2011) . If scientific dishonesty is detected, the FCwSW Publishing House documents all its manifestations and informs the appropriate entities.