The phrase "affect the conduct of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how one factor influences the behavior or actions of individuals or groups.
Example: "The new regulations are expected to significantly affect the conduct of financial institutions in the market."
Alternatives: "influence the behavior of" or "impact the actions of".
She also studies how academic-industry ties affect the conduct of biomedical research.
Government in this sense refers to conduct, or an activity meant to shape, guide, or affect the conduct of people.
We may appreciate less the opposite look: where people outside science inform policies that affect the conduct of science.
It's hard, if not impossible, to understand how committing one of the largest mass shootings in American history is not "intended to affect the conduct of government".
The federal code defines "domestic terrorism" in part as "activities that appear intended to affect the conduct of government by mass destruction".
The outcome of this case could affect the conduct of law enforcement officers, as well as defendants faced with charges stemming from illegally obtained identity-related evidence.
It materially affects the conduct of the carrier outside of the limits of the state; and that is one of the tests of invalidity.
The bill incorporates terrorism into the state's criminal code and includes in its definition promoting an act of terror, influencing the policy or affecting the conduct of government through terror and causing the interruption of public communication or transportation.
Several television stations have expressed an interest in broadcasting the trial but Mr. DeGuerin stated his objection yesterday, saying that cameras affected the conduct of everyone in a courtroom.
One can debate, and I have, whether the cameras in Judge Lance Ito's courtroom during the case, in which Simpson was charged with the murder, in 1994, of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, affected the conduct of everyone involved and the verdict.
However, regulatory bodies often give conflicting interpretations of the law, and this affects the conduct of large-scale trials.
