Code of Conduct for Visitors to HQ

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) requires visitors to IMF buildings to uphold the IMF’s core values of integrity, honesty, inclusion, respect, excellence, and impartiality.
The Visitor Code of Conduct applies to all IMF buildings.
Visitors who do not comply with this Code of Conduct may be asked to leave and could be restricted from accessing IMF premises in the future.

Visitors will always adhere to orderly conduct and instructions on event participation and access, ensuring a respectful and professional environment for the benefit of all participants and building occupants.
Prohibited actions include any form of verbal or non-verbal disruptions to the professional environment.
The display or carrying of placards, signs, spray cans, banners, or other protest material is prohibited.

Individuals: All visitors will treat individuals with respect regardless of differing opinions.
- Personal attacks, verbal abuse of any form, or harassment1 will not be tolerated.
Property: All visitors will treat property with respect.
- Damage to property is prohibited and punishable by law.
Security and Emergency Services Personnel: All visitors will comply with instructions from security and emergency services personnel, allowing them to carry out their duties without hindrance.

All visitors will adhere to local, state and Federal laws.
Illegal actions are not permitted.
Visitors will not carry firearms, other dangerous or deadly weapons, or explosives either openly or concealed on the IMF’s premises.

Participants are encouraged to use established channels for communicating feedback and to engage in dialogue by contacting:
- IMF Stakeholder Engagement team
- Email: publicaffairs@imf.org
If you cannot comply with this Code of Conduct, refrain from visiting the IMF’s buildings or inform either your host or a Security Officer if you are reading while on the IMF’s premises.

Under the Fund’s Harassment Policy [1], harassment is behavior, verbal or physical, that unreasonably interferes with work or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.
The Fund’s definition of harassment also includes sexual harassment which is defined as any behavior of a sexual nature that is unwelcome, offensive, or that creates a hostile or intimidating work environment.