The phrase "a binding code of conduct" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where rules or guidelines are established that must be followed by members of an organization or group.
Example: "All employees are required to adhere to a binding code of conduct to ensure a respectful and professional workplace."
Alternatives: "mandatory conduct guidelines" or "enforceable ethical standards".
Retain zero-hours contracts but subject them to a binding code of conduct.
Manila resorted to United Nations arbitration after more than a decade of unsuccessful regional attempts to forge a binding code of conduct in the sea, Aquino told reporters.
Asean has generally backed US suggestions on easing tensions, including endorsing the development of a binding code of conduct to govern activities involving conflicting claims.
A binding code of conduct has been on the Asean agenda for more than a decade, and the group has blown its 2012 deadline.
One is to turn the 2002 declaration into a binding code of conduct, in which the countries with overlapping claims (the others are Brunei, Malaysia and Taiwan) agree to avoid the sorts of provocations seen this month.
Mr. Kerry was referring to the recent stepped-up efforts by the Asean countries to persuade a resistant China to agree to a legally binding code of conduct that would govern the peaceful resolution of disputes.
We should also create a legally binding code of conduct for space (laying out specific sanctions for violators) and embark on new efforts to bring about international coordination of radar systems.
The new rules — which would cover a wide range of benchmarks in areas like energy and currency derivatives, financial contracts and mortgages — would also require banks and other contributors of data used in setting the benchmarks to sign a legally binding code of conduct to be enforced by national supervisors.
The precepts of natural law, which are recognized through the natural power (Albert), or the natural habit (Thomas), of synderesis, ensure a universally binding code of conduct.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told the Brunei gathering Thursday that "positive, steady progress" was being made on a legally binding code of conduct to manage disputes in the South China Sea, where Beijing claims sovereignty over its islands, rich fisheries and energy resources.
China's action may alternatively be viewed as a warning to the 10-country Association of South-East Asean Nations (Asean), with which it has repeatedly failed to agree a long-awaited, legally binding code of conduct on maritime disputes.
