Codes Of Practice
Sections covered by codes of practice 
• Codes of practice are a set of written rules telling staff employed by a company on 
how they should behave. Theses cover regulations in general and rules for 
different sections of work. There are many different sections within a workplace 
that are covered by a code of practice. These include: 
• Disciplinary and grievance Procedures 
• Disclosure of information 
• Time off for trade union duties and activities 
• Settlement agreements 
• Handling complaints in a reasonable manner
Example of codes of practice: 
• In a business, they may state that: 
• “Due to the sensitive nature of our particular consultancy services, we will 
not provide a service to a direct competitor of a client, and we generally 
try to avoid any dealings with competitor companies even after the 
cessation of services to a client”. - this is an example of how a company 
would deal with conflicting interests.

Codes of practice

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    Sections covered bycodes of practice • Codes of practice are a set of written rules telling staff employed by a company on how they should behave. Theses cover regulations in general and rules for different sections of work. There are many different sections within a workplace that are covered by a code of practice. These include: • Disciplinary and grievance Procedures • Disclosure of information • Time off for trade union duties and activities • Settlement agreements • Handling complaints in a reasonable manner
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    Example of codesof practice: • In a business, they may state that: • “Due to the sensitive nature of our particular consultancy services, we will not provide a service to a direct competitor of a client, and we generally try to avoid any dealings with competitor companies even after the cessation of services to a client”. - this is an example of how a company would deal with conflicting interests.