The doctoral regulations stipulate participation in a course on Good Scientific Practice as a compulsory element of doctoral studies for good reason. Of course, you already learn a lot about what constitutes good scientific work during your studies, especially during your Bachelor's and Master's thesis, usually more or less in passing. But with the doctorate, you finally set out on the path to becoming an independent scientist. So it is important to deal explicitly with this topic, and from different perspectives. What are the basic principles of good scientific work? What forms of scientific misconduct are there? What is allowed, what is not? How different are the rules in different subdisciplines? And how different in different working groups? How do I handle my scientific data? What rules apply to publishing? What do I do if I have the impression that something is going wrong in my working group? What contact persons are there?
The whole system of science is only as good as we scientists ourselves. It is up to each and every one of us to ensure that scientific results are produced and communicated transparently and fairly. Only reliable science can deliver results that can help solve problems. And there are enough problems that urgently need to be solved.