This lecture is part of the lecture series of the Ethics Scale. The various fields and branches of ethics are identified and distinguished. In the first year, a study of the human sciences field of study allowed students to distinguish between different fields of ethical practice in the creation of academic research, graduation notes, etc. In this lecture, more emphasis is placed on ethics, where the need to study ethics is discussed starting with the notion of academic freedom as the leading principle of our research, at all levels, the European University Institute is committed to promoting and maintaining high standards of integrity and accountability in the conduct of academic research and is keen to embed and endorse a culture of honesty and transparency in all its institutional activities. In undertaking this commitment, the Institute emphasizes that academic freedom is a core value to be safeguarded and sustained. The Institute is dedicated to guaranteeing a free academic environment to conduct research, to teach, to speak and to publish, subject to the norms and standards of scholarly inquiry, without interference or penalty, wherever the search for truth, knowledge, scholarship and/or understanding may lead. The EUI is a publicly financed institution whose funding enables it to provide essential research resources to its scholarly community. It requires its members to adhere to the terms and conditions governing access to such resources, be they on paper or in digital format.
