definition of categories of action which seriously deviate from good scientific practice and are held to be scientific misconduct for instance the fabrication and falsification of data plagiarist or confidence as a reviewer or superior
jurisdiction rules of procedure and time limits for inquiries and investigation conducted to ascertain the facts
the rights of the involved parties to heard and to discretion and rules for the exclusion of conflicts of interest
sanctions depending on the seriousness of proven misconduct
the jurisdiction or determining sanctions