IBA Code of Conduct

Under Indigenous Business Australia’s (IBA) Code of Conduct and Values, employees must:

  • Behave honestly and with integrity in the course of their employment in IBA
  • Act with care and diligence in the course of their employment
  • When acting in the course of their IBA employment, treat everyone with respect and courtesy, and without harassment
  • When acting in the course of IBA employment comply with all applicable Australian laws
  • Comply with any lawful and reasonable direction given by someone within IBA who has authority to give the direction
  • Maintain appropriate confidentiality about dealings that the employee has with the Board or Minister
  • Disclose, and take reasonable steps to avoid, any conflict of interest (real or apparent) in connection with their employment
  • Use IBA resources (including IT) in a proper manner
  • 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
  • Not make improper use of a) inside information or b) the employee’s duties, status, power or authority in order to gain, or seek to gain, a benefit or advantage for the employee or for any other person
  • At all times behave in a way that upholds IBA’s Values and the integrity and good reputation of IBA
  • Except in the course of his or her duties as an IBA employee or with the General Manager’s express authority, not give or disclose, directly or indirectly, any information about business or anything of which the employee has official knowledge.