"civic behavior" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used to refer to actions that demonstrate good citizenship, particularly in relation to a specific group or community. For example: "John's civic behavior in his neighborhood makes him a model citizen."
If schools play a role in promoting civic behavior, the history and civics curriculum may not be the only place for reform, or even the best place.
GOVERNMENTS typically use two tools to encourage citizens to engage in civic behavior like paying their taxes, driving safely or recycling their garbage: exhortation and fines.
But opponents of deregulation said the media companies were on their best civic behavior so as not to cause any controversy while the F.C.C. makes a decision in their favor.
"Real" American citizens could take a few lessons from the civic behavior of Joseph E. Joseph, the legal immigrant in your article who is threatened with deportation for voting.
It's a classic Roseanne Conner line, bitterly sardonic, mocking of authority and of good mild-mannered civic behavior, dubious of the idea that much of anything can change or that people like her and her family could do much to change it.
Recycling "is good civic behavior," said Samantha MacBride, an assistant professor of public affairs at Baruch College, City University of New York, but it's oversold as a panacea to a whole host of environmental ills, from overflowing landfills to global warming.
(2) There was a downward trend in the mean value of basic, decision-making, interpersonal and civic environmental behavior.
Dr. Levin, the Yale president, said in a statement in July that Yale had entered its partnership with the National University of Singapore in "full awareness that national laws concerning freedom of expression would place constraints on the civic and political behavior of students and faculty".
While pre- and post-test survey data suggest a limited impact on adolescents' civic attitudes and behaviors, rich focus group data indicate increased self-efficacy, empowerment, community attachment, community awareness, and intended civic engagement.
These were learning (developing positive basic and applied academic attitudes, skills, and behaviors), thriving (developing physically healthy attitudes, skills, and behaviors), connecting (developing positive social attitudes, skills, and behaviors), working (developing positive vocational attitudes, skills, and behaviors), and leading (developing positive civic attitudes, skills, and behaviors).
DuckDuckGo would have to make the case that this holds up in experimental conditions and has an affect on civic knowledge and voting behavior.
