Employee Code of Conduct
An Employee Code of Conduct sets out the company's standard conduct for employees in the workplace.
Last updated October 23, 2025
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The Legal Risk Score of a Employee Code of Conduct Template is Low
Our legal team have marked this document as low risk considering:
- There is a risk that the broad prohibition on unauthorized disclosure of information could restrict employees' ability to share potentially necessary information, even in contexts where such sharing could be considered reasonable or essential.
- The document mandates compliance with various ethical and business conduct standards without specifying detailed procedures for reporting or addressing breaches, which could lead to inconsistencies in enforcement or misunderstandings.
- The obligation for employees to disclose any changes in circumstances that might affect their job performance could be seen as overly intrusive, depending on the nature of the information required and the interpretation of what is relevant.
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