# Conduct

URL: /systems/trust-and-governance/controls/conduct · Id: `control:conduct`

> Every Worker follows the Startup’s conduct rules, which Guards enforce: agents identify as agents, and each Human signs an acceptable-use Agreement.

Every [Worker](/business/nouns/worker) acts under a conduct [Policy](/business/nouns/policy): agents identify as agents, and each [Human](/business/nouns/human) signs an acceptable-use [Agreement](/business/nouns/agreement).

## Satisfies
| Criterion | Text |
| --- | --- |
| [SOC2 CC1.1](/systems/trust-and-governance/criteria/soc2/cc1-1) | The entity demonstrates a commitment to integrity and ethical values. |

## Implemented by
- [Staffing](/workflows/processes/staffing)
- [Contracting](/workflows/processes/contracting)
- [Workforce](/systems/workforce)

## Test
| Step | Rule |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Preventive: it stops the failure before it happens. |
| Select | Every Worker seated in the report period, and every outbound Message an agent sends. |
| Assert | Each agent instruction Version includes the conduct rules, each Human signed the Agreement, and every agent Message discloses an agent sender. |

## Owner
[Legal Lead](/agents/legal/legal-lead), [Legal Team](/agents/legal).

## Example
A sales [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) for a court-filings API writes to a litigation-support firm. Its first line says it is an agent working for the [Startup](/business/nouns/startup), as the conduct Policy in its instructions requires.