WITHDRAWAL OF THE DOCTORAL TITLE

In modern society, where the emphasis is on knowledge, development and innovation, university doctoral studies, whose inestimable value for scientific progress is universally recognized, constitute the means of creation and the symbol of intellectual evolution. Why do we aspire to the title of doctor? The desire, the motivation to hold this title can be of a professional, social or personal nature or a little of each, it can be a positive call stemming from the desire for knowledge, development and to contribute to the continuous technological transformation of society or, on the contrary, it can be animated by the reprehensible need of the individual to access, without being entitled, an environment to which he does not belong and in which he does not deserve, from the point of view of education, qualification and training, a position, that is, in fewer words, the need to succeed. In the latter case, the consequences of such dishonest motivation are reflected both on the person who chose the shorter and easier path to achieve their goal, since the means used by them will be similar and in keeping with the dishonorable nature of the motivation, and on the scientific community, by undermining trust in education and trivializing meritocracy, if adequate policies are not adopted and applied to prevent and discourage this phenomenon before it becomes a systemic problem. For example, plagiarism, a frequent practice of corruption, falsification of knowledge, is a scourge of the academic environment, the spread of which is favored by the era in which we live, where digital information abounds and is within everyone's reach, and can be taken over and used as they please and not necessarily in the service of a noble vocation - authentic scientific research. University ethics and deontology constitute a remedy or an academic counterbalance that has the crucial role of neutralizing actions or behaviors with the ability to harm the process and result of creation, by ensuring an environment conducive to scientific development, as well as by incriminating and sanctioning deviations from protective norms. The ultimate sanction in matters of personal scientific credibility is the withdrawal of the doctorate, with major implications in all areas of the person's life, constituting a true and irreversible academic, professional and social anathema.