The phrase "accepted codes of conduct" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to widely recognized and agreed-upon standards of behavior within a particular group or organization.
Example: "All employees are expected to adhere to the accepted codes of conduct to maintain a professional work environment."
Alternatives: "recognized standards of behavior" or "established conduct guidelines".
Über den Prozess der Zivilisation is a detailed study that examines the gradual development of a generally accepted code of manners and social conduct and the attendant growth of structured states in which rulers centralized the legitimate use of violence.
In April, several of the largest firearms companies sued New York State, Connecticut and 16 local governments over their campaign to have law enforcement agencies buy weapons only from manufacturers that have accepted the code of conduct -- for now, a list of one, Smith & Wesson.
The European Commission is asking food manufacturers to accept a code of conduct governing advertising aimed at children.
One possible method of rewarding Smith & Wesson was raised by the New York State attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, who has urged governors and big-city majors to buy guns only from companies that accept the code of conduct outlined in today's agreement.
The recognition that people in a society do not always accept the code of conduct their society puts forward presents problems for the original descriptive sense of "morality".
A number of internationally accepted coding systems for hospitals exists.
We have rules, codes of conduct, mission statements.
It's essentially an observation that has been accepted as a code of conduct.
The town quickly entered into an agreement with the state, dismissed the police chief, agreed to the appointment of an overseer and accepted a lengthy code of conduct laid out by the state.
It's a terrifying statistic, one that suggests we've all come to accept a secret code of conduct dictating the way we must work today: for longer than we're meant to, for less pay, with fewer perks and a partisan regard for the company mantra.
