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Code of Conduct

The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina Academic Research Database – Research and Development Team is committed to protecting the intellectual property of every PLMarian Researcher. This Code of Conduct applies to the plmard.com website and governs usage of the website and the intellectual property it stores. By using the plmard.com website, you agree to the rules practices described in this statement.

Cite. No to plagiarism.

plmard.com strongly condemns the practice of plagiarism. Plagiarism according to the Oxford Dictionary is: "Presenting work or ideas from another source as your own, with or without consent of the original author, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement." With this, the practice of plagiarism can result in serious consequences like: expulsion, revocation of diploma, and prison detainment. In this academic research database, if caught plagiarizing, we will give the punishment to the fullest extent as permitted by the law.

No unfinished works.

plmard.com only accepts defended or finished works by researchers. Uploading unfinished or rejected works may result in account suspension.

No malicious content.

plmard.com aims to create a safe space for all in the academe. There is no room for malicious content in this database. Hacking or any other malicious activity that may cause harm or damage will result in legal action to the fullest extent as permitted by the law.

Your responsibility

plmard.com aims to create a safe space and a clean and functional academic research database for the academic community.

With this, you are responsible to:

(a) Report any misconduct, plagiarism, malicious behavior to the administrators at hello@plmard.com

(b) Give proper citation to the authors of the researches.

(c) Observe proper internet conduct and etiquette.

Should you wish to exercise any of the foregoing rights, please contact us, by sending an email to hello@plmard.com. plmard.com shall endeavor to reply to or otherwise act on your concerns without undue delay and in any event within one (1) month from our receipt of your email.

Observe this code at all times. We encourage you to adhere to this Code of Conduct to ensure a safe, clean, and working database. Non-compliance to this Code of Conduct may result in account suspension or ban.

Changes to the Code of Conduct

plmard.com will occasionally update this Code of Conduct to reflect the database feedback. plmard.com encourages you to periodically review this code to be informed of how plmard.com is being regulated.

Contact Information

plmard.com welcomes your comments regarding this Code of Conduct. If you believe that plmard.com has not adhered to the code, please contact the admins at hello@plmard.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.