The Ethics Committee at Prague’s University of Economics has ruled that Miroslav Ševčík, the controversial dean of the school, has violated the school’s code of ethics. The ruling comes after the university’s rector, Petr Dvořák, called for Mr. Ševčík’s removal from the faculty management, citing damage to the school’s reputation.
Mr. Ševčík made headlines in March when he attended a pro-Russian rally and was implicated in a group trying to remove the Ukrainian flag from the National Museum in Prague. Despite the Ethics Committee’s ruling, Mr. Ševčík was defended on Monday by his faculty’s own ethics commission. It remains to be seen what action the university will take in response to the ruling.