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code of conduct en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A set of rules dictating acceptable behavior and decisions in a specified environment.
   • That iron-bound code of conduct which rules the Anglo-Indian, in the first days of the voyage had threatened to ostracize Karamaneh and Aziz, by reason of the Eastern blood to which their brilliant but peculiar type of beauty bore witness. 1916, Sax Rohmer [pseudonym; A. H. Ward], chapter XXXII, in The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu:
   • Mr Blunkett quit after breaking the ministerial code of conduct over paid work he took while out of the Cabinet. John Hutton is to replace him. 2005 November 2, “Blunkett quits after ‘mistakes’”, in BBC News:
   • Nodding to critics who contend that the movie industry hasn’t done enough to fight sexual harassment, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday that it would be establishing a “code of conduct” for its members. 2017 October 27, Sopan Deb, “Motion Picture Academy Moves to Institute Code of Conduct”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • What use have I ever had from this religion that has been dinned into me? It gave me false ideas of the world and nature which I have had to unlearn. It gave me an unworkable code of conduct which I never tried to follow, but I got into trouble for it. 1901, Harold Fielding, The Hearts of Men:
   • The conversational free-for-all on the Internet known as the blogosphere can be a prickly and unpleasant place. Now, a few prominent figures in high technology are proposing a blogger code of conduct to clean up the quality of online discourse. 2007 April 9, Brad Stone, “Bloggers debate need for code of conduct”, in The International Herald Tribune:
   • In spite of the maturity of his years and of the savage rigidity of the mould that had formed him, his nature was undergoing an expansion. There was a burgeoning within him of strange feelings and unwonted impulses. His old code of conduct was changing. 1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter VI, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 4 (The Superior Gods):

Forms

Relateds

code of ethics · code of honour · etiquette

Translations (25)

ru но́рмы поведе́ния (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · ka ქცევის კოდექსი (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · de Verhaltenskodex (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · cmn 行為準則 /行为准则 (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · fi ohje (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · cmn 條例 /条例 (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · ca codi de conducta (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · ru ко́декс поведе́ния (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · it codice di condotta (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · tl talagawian (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · hu viselkedési/magatartási kódex/szabályzat (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · hy վարքականոն (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · nl gedragscode (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · cmn 行動規範 /行动规范 (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · hi आचार संहिता (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · pt código de conduta (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · cmn 行為守則 /行为守则 (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · sv uppförandekod (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · fr code de conduite (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · vi bộ quy tắc ứng xử (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · fi ohjesääntö (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · uk ко́декс поведі́нки (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · sw kanuni ya maadili (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · pl kodeks postępowania (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment) · ja 行動規範 (set of rules dictating acceptable behaviour and decisions in a specified environment)