PROCEEDINGS IN MEDIATION AND BEFORE AN ETHICS COMMITTEE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Abstract

This paper examines mediation proceedings and those before a higher education ethics committee in comparative terms. The application of mediation in the management and resolution of conflicts in the field of higher education is a method that is just entering Bulgarian universities, this is one of the reasons for the interest of the authors to analyze the procedure comparing it with the established and regulated by the special norms of the Higher Education Act procedure before the Ethics Committee. The study advocates the applicability of both procedures in the settlement of disputes in the implementation of the activities of higher education institutions. The paper presents the problems in two interrelated aspects - from the legal point of view, taking into account the conducted normative analysis of the applicable regulation and its managerial aspects. On the basis of the analysis, conclusions are drawn concerning the application of mediation in the field of higher education and its combination with the proceedings before an ethics committee.