The phrase "a code of behaviour" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a set of rules or guidelines that dictate how individuals should act in a particular context or environment.
Example: "The organization has established a code of behaviour to ensure that all employees adhere to the same ethical standards."
Alternatives: "a code of conduct" or "a set of guidelines".
It is rather difficult, I see, to formulate a code of behaviour for the Englishman in America that is at once judicious and honourable.
It was just understood: a code of behaviour which reflected the seriousness of the magazine and the respect in which it was held".
It is intended to be a set of rules to compensate real victims for the injury caused to them by serious and violent offences - not a code of behaviour for the model citizen.
"This guide sets out a code of behaviour for home-sharers and reminds us that the basic rules remain the same, whatever the situation, and should always be respected".
The treatise sought to establish a code of behaviour for medieval knights, espousing the ideals of valour and courtesy, yet he wrote at a time when the crippling expenses associated with knighthood (including armour, weaponry and horses) meant that the warrior class was undergoing a recruitment crisis.
Though in the past it referred to a code of behaviour followed by knights in the Middle Ages.
However, the companies and countries involved must adhere to a code of good behaviour: clear-cutting and over-harvesting are out; low-impact logging and "sustainable use" by local people are in.
It is reasonable to assume, however, that the Guptas supported caste distinctions, and they may have been responsible for the emergence of Brahmanism as a theological system as well as a code of social behaviour, which was carried into present Hindu society.
Where hunting was a pastime, however, a strict code of behaviour developed based on standards enjoined by royalty and nobles.
One is to require contractors to agree an acceptable code of behaviour under a "partnering handbook" that will form part of the contract.
But imposing a formal code of behaviour on children is bound to become more and more unrealistic, when they are so often allowed to run around and explore in other places.
