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Maintenance of 
Ethical Standards

The ILC has a Code of Conduct that employees are required to uphold and promote in their day-to-day work. New employees are made aware of the code by the Induction and Orientation Programme and Employee Manual/Handbook.

ILC Code of Conduct

Honesty and Integrity – An employee must behave honestly and with integrity in the course of their employment.

Care and Diligence in the Course of Employment – An employee must act with care and diligence in the course of their employment. An employee must comply with any lawful and reasonable direction given by someone in the Corporation who has authority to give the direction.

Respect and Courtesy – An employee, when acting in the course of employment, must treat everyone with respect and courtesy, and without harassment.

Operate in a Lawful Manner – An employee, when acting in the course of employment, must comply with all applicable Australian laws. For this purpose, Australian law means any Act or any instrument made under an Act and/or any law of a state or territory, including any instrument made under such a law.

Commercial in Confidence – An employee must maintain appropriate confidentiality with respect to the organisation and client’s confidential information.

Conflict of Interest – An employee must disclose, and take reasonable steps to avoid, any conflict of interest (actual or apparent) in connection with their employment.

Proper Use of Resources – An employee must use resources in a proper manner.

False or Misleading Information – An employee must not provide false or misleading information in response to a request for information that is made for official purposes in connection with the employee’s employment.

Inside Information – An employee must not make improper use of inside information, or their duties, status, power or authority in order to gain, or seek to gain, a benefit or advantage for themselves or any other person.

Appropriate Behaviour – An employee must at all times behave in a way that upholds the values and the integrity and good reputation of the organisation. An employee on duty overseas must at all times behave in a way that upholds the good reputation of Australia.

In addition to an employee Code of Conduct, the ILC is committed to the following, overarching set of values:

• Respecting the diversity of ideas, background of cultures of stakeholders and employees;

• Behaving ethically and justly;

• Providing a safe and healthy work environment;

• Providing professional service in a timely manner;

• Operating in an open, accessible and responsive manner.

The Board of the ILC has a Code of Conduct. In 2013–14, the Boards of the ILC’s wholly-owned subsidiaries adopted a code of conduct.