Example of A Personal Code of Conduct

Adopting a personal code of conduct can guide leaders and managers to make and prioritize decisions. You have been selected to serve in a critical leadership position in your organization. Write a personal code of conduct (sometimes called a personal code of ethics) that you would pass along to your staff. Explain how you would communicate your personal code of conduct across the organization. 

Code of Conduct

Code of ethics is a central reference and guide for workers in supporting behaviors, daily operations and decision making process. A code of conduct that is well written clarifies principles, values and mission of an organization, connecting them with professional conduct standards. The code of ethics should be utilized as a daily business reference associated to ethics in an organization. This paper focuses on developing personal code of conduct by organization leaders with intention of implementing them in an organization to influence the general operation process and decision making in the organization workforce.

Personal Code of Conduct

Work Environment

  • Workers are expected to obey the organization authority based on the set leadership structure in the organization
  • The organization provided equal employment opportunities and hence all workers should respect each other with respect and without discrimination or harassment
  • Workers are prohibited from involvement in any violent activities.
  • Conflict should be resolved using the provided channels and by following the provided dispute resolution protocol
  • All workers are required to observe safety measures defined by their unit of operation without fail
  • Workers are prohibited to be drunk or to take alcohol at the work place or any other drug substance (Ladkin, 2015).

Organization resources

  • Workers are required to take care of the organization resources and only use them for the purpose entitled and not for personal gains. This include time 
  • Workers are required to take good care and maintain the initial condition of organization equipment, machines, computers and other mobile gadgets to ensure their durability
  • Workers have the responsibility of maintaining organization security and privacy, especially in IT related devices and information or data, to protect them from any kind of security breach (Ladkin, 2015).

Individual Conduct

  • Workers are cautioned against involving in any corrupt and/or fraud related activities in the organization
  • Workers are forbidden from engaging in personal activities that would result to conflict of interest while in the organization
  • Every worker should observe simple daily operation rules such as punctuality, work accuracy, and upholding right standards
  • Breaking of any of the above rules will attract l disciplinary action which include warning, suspension, dismissal or/and litigation based on the nature of the case (Ladkin, 2015).

Communicating the Code of Conduct across the Organization

The leader will need to disseminate information about the new code of ethic and what it entails to the organization employees. This should start by adopting a public memo addressing all workers regarding the upcoming code of conduct. The memo should touch on the areas in which the code of conduct will address in the daily workers operation. The memo should be pinned in all the organization public notice boards and also in department notice boards. This should be followed by another memo informing workers on the completion of the code of conduct, and announce the launching of the new code of ethics, stating the date, time and place for the face-to-face meeting for the launch (Adu-Oppong & Agyin-Birikorang, 2014). The leader should consider clearly reading and explaining the new code of conduct to the workers, taking questions, view and ideas where necessary. This should be a workers-leaders interactive moment where workers are free to give ideas, ask questions or give critiques about the new code of conduct. The meeting should be attended by all workers. Based on the meeting outcome, the code of conduct write-up should be edited accordingly and printed out for each worker to have two copies. The workers should read through the printout and sign both copies to show their commitment toward the document. One copy should be return to the HR department for filing while the other copy should be kept by workers for reference. A copy of new copy of conduct should be pinned in all notice boards in the organizations. The head of departments should also send a read only copy to all their workers through email. This will ensure that workers can easily refer to the code of conduct and adjust their behaviors accordingly. Another public memo should be released to state when the new laws should start to be implemented and remind workers of the consequences of failing to observe these laws (Adu-Oppong & Agyin-Birikorang, 2014).

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