What’s inside the Code of Conduct.
8 pages with real content in place. Rewrite them, reorder them, or add your own.
- 1Page 1The title and promise, the document control block (who it applies to, questions, the Speak Up line, version, owner, approval, effective and review dates), the CEO’s letter and the four values
- 2Page 2Contents with page numbers; 1 About this code: who it applies to, what it asks of everyone, and the five-question test for a hard call
- 3Page 32 Roles and responsibilities, from every employee to the Audit Committee and the Board; 3 Words we use; 4 Our values (safe, straight, fair, careful) and what each looks like on the job
- 4Page 45 Safety first: the life-saving rules and the right to refuse under the OHSA; 6 Respect at work under the Ontario Human Rights Code, what is never acceptable, and a case
- 5Page 57 Conflicts of interest: the common cases and what to do, how to declare one, and a case; 8 Gifts, hospitality and bribery: the C$100 limit, never cash, nothing to public officials, the register, CFPOA and secret commissions
- 6Page 69 Fair competition and bid-rigging, with no political donations; 10 Information, privacy and assets: PIPEDA, grid data, AI tools, records, social media and property; 11 Communities, Indigenous partners and the environment
- 7Page 712 Speaking up: four channels and when to use each, what happens after a report and when; 13 No retaliation, with the Criminal Code’s protection and a case from the field
- 8Page 814 Breaches and their consequences, fair process, waivers and the annual review, the version history and the acknowledgement each person signs on joining and every year
When to use it.
Code of Conduct is an eight-page company code written to be read, not just signed, shown for a Canadian power-line contractor. It opens with document control and a short letter from the CEO, then sets out who the code covers, a five-question test for hard calls, roles and responsibilities, definitions and four values. The rules cover safety and the right to refuse, respect at work, conflicts of interest, gifts and anti-bribery, bid-rigging, data and company property, and communities. It ends with how to speak up, protection from retaliation, breaches, waivers, a version history and an acknowledgement to sign. Three real cases show the rules at work.
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- Operations managers
- In-house marketing and design teams
- Founders running their own back office
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- Step 1
Put your company name, Speak Up line, owner and dates in the header and the document control block on page 1, and have your CEO rewrite the letter.
- Step 2
Name your own officers and committees in section 2, and check the definitions match the words you use.
- Step 3
Set your gift limit, conflict rules and life-saving rules, and replace the cases with situations your people really meet.
- Step 4
Have a lawyer check the laws named for your province or country, update the version history, then ask everyone to sign the acknowledgement.
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