Policies and guidelines
- BBC code of conductWe let our staff know what we expect from them - and how our leaders will behave
- CharitiesIn addition to our two corporate charities we also support a broad range of charities through weekly and monthly broadcast appeals
- Child protectionOur policy and code of conduct are to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people working at or visiting the BBC
- DistributionHow we govern the ways in which the BBC distributes its services and content of third-party platforms
- Diversity and inclusionHow our workforce and our output reflects the UK as it is today
- Editorial guidelinesAll our programmes and content must adhere to our guidelines
- Environmental sustainabilityEnvironmental and sustainability issues have long been reflected in the programmes and content we make and broadcast and it is important to us that they are also embedded in the way we operate and run the BBC
- Fair trading and transfer pricingThe general principles for transfer pricing between the BBC and for its commercial subsidiaries and third parties
- Licence fee collection arrangementsThe Board ensures that arrangements for the collection of the licence fee are efficient, appropriate and proportionate
- Material changes to the BBC’s public service activities and commercial activitiesHow the BBC Board considers changes to the BBC’s public services and commercial activities
- Operational separationThe arrangements the BBC has put in place to ensure effective operational separation between its public service and commercial activities
- PartnershipsWe work collaboratively and in partnership with other creative organisations
- Ticketing for BBC public service eventsTicketed events the BBC is likely to undertake, the principles determining the selection of events and the approach the BBC will adopt in running events
- Use of alternative finance in BBC contentThe principles which must be taken into account when the BBC receives funding from partners or other third parties to supplement the licence fee
- Welsh language schemeThe BBC’s commitment to communicating bilingually with the public in Wales
Other policies and guidelines including BBC workplaces policies are published on our Freedom of Information Site.