The phrase "adhering to a code" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing compliance with a set of rules, standards, or ethical guidelines.
Example: "The organization is committed to adhering to a code of ethics that promotes integrity and transparency."
Alternatives: "following a code" or "complying with a code".
But Mr. Kitano's perspective is soul-deep, about the costs of loyalty and the price of adhering to a code of violence; here all the complexity is on the surface.
Those initiatives include using state-owned electronic media for the parties' political campaigning, making efforts to check the criminalization of politics, computerizing electoral rolls and providing voter-identity cards, and strictly adhering to a code of conduct that ensures fairness for all parties and candidates.
Jane L. Collins, a University of Wisconsin sociology professor who is on the school's licensing committee, which called on the university to end its licensing agreement with Nike, said, "If apparel companies can't take responsibility for the factories where they have contracts, they can't claim to be adhering to a code of conduct".
The following day, we took part in the conference from our Cairo hotel by Skype; the event was dealing with issues such as the need for professionalisation, developing and adhering to a code of ethics, and the problems of unemployment among media studies graduates.
According to Brandeis, a profession adheres to a code of ethics and values performance above re-ward.
A better bet is the bill from Councilman David Yassky of Brooklyn, which seeks to compel manufacturers and dealers to adhere to a code of conduct.
While they are in the Olympic Village, swimmers must adhere to a code of conduct that includes a 1 a.m. curfew, he said.
His chief failing could be that he has seen and believed too many caper movies in which the conspirators adhere to a code of honor.
These groups require members to keep up to date with appraisal practices, called the "Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice," and to adhere to a code of ethics.
The microcredit groups will have to stamp out abuses, adhere to a code of conduct and recognise that they cannot ignore the government.
Both he and Locke Lord say he adheres to a code of conduct that ensures zero conflicts with his official duties.
