All measures are based on the rules for ensuring good scientific practice and procedures for dealing with scientific misconduct of the IPF. This obligation to comply with the measures is laid down in a binding set of rules (business instructions) and is part of all employment contracts, but also of the visiting scientist contracts and the supervision agreement with the PhD students. Responsible for the management, supervision, conflict regulation and quality assurance of the scientific work of the institute are the management of the IPF institutes as well as scientific management of the departments, centers and research areas and, in the case of overarching projects, the project management.