Code of Conduct: Guidelines for Professional Behavior in the Workplace

Code of Conduct is onboarding training that includes 13 modules covering basic expectations for any professional setting. Each brief module covers a different essential facet of professional behavior.

Modules include:

• Creating a Respectful Workplace – emphasizes the importance of treating everyone with dignity and respect, including creating a welcoming environment and being mindful of potentially offensive humor or language.
• Harassment & Abusive Conduct Prevention – explores the need to create an environment where harassment of any kind is not tolerated.
• Creating a Safe Workplace – discusses common workplace hazards, including workplace violence.
• Professional Behavior – defines professionalism and explains how a commitment to professionalism promotes a positive work environment.
• Protecting Your Company’s Data and Proprietary Information – addresses the professional duty to protect organizational information as well as the privacy of employees, job applicants, partner organizations, and customers.
• Protecting the Company’s Physical Assets – explores employees’ responsibility to safeguard the organization’s physical assets to minimize the risk of theft, loss, or damage.
• Keeping Accurate Records – discusses the benefits of good record-keeping and the real-world consequences for maintaining inaccurate or dishonest business records.
• Using Technology Responsibly – illustrates the importance of following all cyber-security policies and best practices while proactively limiting risks to the technical infrastructure of your organization.
• Laws, Regulations, & Standards – communicates expectations related to the major laws and regulations that apply to any workplace.
• Conflicts of Interest – introduces the concept of the most common conflicts of interest and explores strategies to avoid and deal with those challenges.
• Gifts, Entertainment, & Favors – explores the importance of preventing conflicts of interest, maintaining impartiality, and protecting individual and organizational integrity through adherence to company Gifts and Entertainment policies.
• Maintaining Professionalism in A Remote Environment – provides an overview of basic rules of conduct that should be observed when working remotely.