An association operating in the field of medical and health sciences suspected plagiarism in a doctoral dissertation related to its field. The association had reported the matter to the doctoral candidate, the tutor, and the faculty in question. The university handled the matter on the faculty level mainly from the point of view of copyright.
TENK reported in its statement that any allegations concerning research integrity of doctoral dissertation manuscripts should be subjected to the RCR process, if a permit for the public examination has already been granted. By failing to initiate an RCR process, the university committed a procedural error. Therefore, the university was to initiate a new investigation on the matter in accordance with the RCR process. In addition, the university was required to revise its guidelines to state that the rector must be immediately notified of any allegations concerning research integrity.