The phrase "behavior codes" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to a set of rules or guidelines that dictate proper conduct or actions in a specific situation or environment. Example: The school has strict behavior codes in place to ensure a safe and respectful learning environment for all students. These include rules against bullying, disruption of class, and use of profanity.
Still, many parents were attracted by the schools' selective aura, smaller class size, and strict behavior codes.
From it he drew elements like ritualized behavior, codes of machismo and "the primal nature of its climactic showdown," one wrote.
Yet reverence for Beckett can sometimes border on the oppressive, said Theresa Rebeck, whose numerous plays include several that scrutinize female behavior codes ("Spike Heels," "Bad Dates").
(In contrast to the prudish behavior codes, however, a teacher asked a visitor to give an impromptu talk to her English class on AIDS and its causes).
In particular, the "otherness" of athletes, a group with its own dress and behavior codes, has interested numerous artists in recent years.
Many new golfers have not been schooled in golf etiquette and don't realize that the behavior codes were developed to avoid confrontations and accord respect to everyone on the course.
They see themselves as the guardians of an emerging behavior code: Twetiquette.
So instead of student government, Antioch has had a community government, with students, faculty and administrators participating equally in nearly every decision, from tenure to a behavior code.
In Dr. White's view, the presence of a severely intoxicated minor in a fraternity house clearly qualifies as illegal conduct that violates the behavior code.
He quickly went to work, enacting a zero-tolerance behavior code, imposing a more rigorous curriculum and putting an end to a policy of social promotion.
The second implication is that we should get over the notion that we will someday crack the behavior code — that we will someday find a scientific method that will allow us to predict behavior and design reliable social programs.
