Whether it's a policy regarding employee attendance or the use of biometric time clocks, workers are not paying attention. A recent study conducted by NAVEX Global's Ethical Leadership Group has revealed that the vast majority of employees do not read their company's code of conduct. In the survey, 90 percent of workers responded that they received codes of conduct from their employers, and nearly 100 percent of those employees reported that they had read it.

However, when personally asked if they had truly read the code in its entirety, the number of staff members who reported that they had fully examined office policies dropped down to 40-50 percent.

Furthermore, the study found that if a code of conduct is too wordy, written in legalistic terms or lacking graphics, readers will not be engaged in the material and not understand it.

Employees are apparently looking for a code to reflect their needs and concerns, such as social media policies, social responsibility and privacy, according to the NAVEX survey. If a code does not include these topics, it is unlikely that they will pay attention to the rest of the material. When presenting this information, it is equally important to present the values and risks of the code of conduct policies.

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