Open Access Policy

ethic@ complies with the open access definition of DOAJ, providing public access to all its content, following the principle that making research freely available leads to greater global exchange of knowledge. Therefore, it follows the diamond model of the Open Access movement.

It publishes all content free of charge, with no submission, publication, or access fees. Published manuscripts have no embargo period, and user registration is not required to access the content.

Authors grant exclusive first publication rights to ethic@, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons (CC BY) 4.0 International License.

Authors are authorized to enter into additional contracts separately for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (for example, publication in an institutional repository, on a personal website, publication of a translation, or as a book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

This license allows any user the right to:

Share – copy, download, print, or redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt – remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Under the following terms:

Attribution – You must give appropriate credit (cite and reference), provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You must do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

No additional restrictions – You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

The management of the editorial process is carried out through the Open Journal System software, an open-source system developed by the Public Knowledge Project. The use of this system enhances transparency, enables information tracking, and improves the academic and public quality of research.