Code of Conduct
What is Code of Conduct?
A set of rules outlining the norms, responsibilities, and proper practices for an individual or organisation. Codes of conduct set ethical standards and are required by many regulatory frameworks including SOX and industry regulations.
Terms that appear alongside code of conduct
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as code of conduct. The number is how many controls name both.
- consent 18 shared controls
- certification 18 shared controls
- compliance 17 shared controls
- gdpr 17 shared controls
- data protection 16 shared controls
- transparency 14 shared controls
- policy 13 shared controls
- audit 13 shared controls
Frameworks that govern code of conduct
What the standards actually require on code of conduct
Requirements naming code of conduct across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
A veterinary practitioner must at all times consider the welfare of animals when practising veterinary science.
act-veterinary-practice-act-2018::coc-welfare · Code of Conduct: welfare of animals must be considered →An NDIS code of conduct, made law, applies to every provider (registered or not) and every worker delivering NDIS-funded supports, including sole traders, contractors and agents, and alongside any professional code such as the National Code of Conduct for Heal...
australia-ndis-quality-and-safeguarding-framework-2016::P-6 · An NDIS code of conduct for all providers and workers →The company must have a code of conduct that defines and illustrates the kinds of behaviour to be prohibited as likely to amount to corruption or influence peddling;
french-sapin-ii-law-law-no-2016-1691::17.II.1 · Article 17 II 1°: a code of conduct integrated into the internal rules →Every aged care worker and every responsible person of a registered provider must personally comply with the Aged Care Code of Conduct; each contravention is a civil penalty of 250 penalty units for the individual and may ground a banning order.
aged-care-act-2024-australia::173-174 · Sections 173 and 174: aged care workers and responsible persons must personally comply with the Code of Conduct →A Code of Conduct gives staff and volunteers clear guidance on the behaviour expected of them and their responsibilities toward children.
australia-national-principles-for-child-safe-organisations-2019::p1-1.4 · 1.4 A Code of Conduct sets behaviour expected of staff and volunteers →The Commission includes a section on adult-only content in the code of conduct for online providers to be set up under the gender equality strategy 2020 to 2025, aiming in particular at the sharing of non-consensual intimate images, authentic or manipulated, w...
eu-better-internet-for-kids-bik-strategy::C1.4 · C1.4 Adult-only content in the gender equality code of conduct →Questions people ask about code of conduct
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