HRMAGIXCOCConduct and the working relationshipCode of Conduct
The overarching statement of expected professional behaviour, integrity and use of company resources, to which the remaining policies are subordinate.
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Purpose
A code of conduct is the document every other policy in the register is subordinate to. It states the standard of professional behaviour expected of everyone, the integrity expected in dealing with colleagues, customers and money, and the care expected in the use of company property and information.
Its practical value is that it gives every later policy a footing. A specific policy on harassment or absconding is easier to apply consistently when there is a general standard it refers back to.
Who it applies to
Every employee, at every grade and location, from the date of joining.
What you write into it
A conduct policy is only as good as its specifics. The template sets out the structure and the reporting route; what counts as a breach here, and what follows one, is yours to state.
- What standard of behaviour the organisation holds itself to, in its own words
- How company property, systems and information may and may not be used
- What conflicts of interest must be declared, and to whom
- How a breach is raised, investigated and concluded
What HRMagix records
Conduct cases turn on what was communicated and when. These are the records that establish it.
- Issued to every employee at onboarding and acknowledged per person
- Acknowledgement re-opened whenever the text is revised
- The acknowledgement record survives the employee's exit
Where the rules themselves live
Nothing above states what counts as a breach or what follows one, because those are the employer's determinations and they are set out in the approved document rather than paraphrased here. Read HRMAGIXCOC in full.