The situation of conflicts of interest has raised concerns not only domestically but also internationally, forming the subject of specific regulations, from which higher education is not and should not be an exception. The staff in higher education has rights and duties deriving from the university charter, from the Code of ethics and university deontology, from the individual employment contract, as well as from the legislation in forc...

In this article we will focus on Government Ordinance no. 137/2000 on the prevention and punishment of all forms of discrimination, as supplemented and amended by Law no. 167/2020, because it gives particular interest to moral harassment in the workplace, a topic we want to analyse from the perspective of forms and preventive measures. We will also give examples of types of unacceptable behaviours that must be qualified as minor ...