File #: 2025-4269    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Information Item Status: Final
File created: 4/21/2025 In control: OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
On agenda: 5/7/2025 Final action:
Title: STRATEGIC PLANNING - CORE VALUES
Sponsors: Laura Maravilla
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report, 2. OC San's 2023 Strategic Plan, 3. General Manager's FY 2024-25 Work Plan, 4. Presentation - Core Values
Related files: 2023-3252, 2025-4287
FROM: Robert Thompson, General Manager
Originator: Laura Maravilla, Director of Human Resources

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STRATEGIC PLANNING - CORE VALUES
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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION

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BACKGROUND

The Orange County Sanitation District's (OC San) Strategic Plan consists of various elements including the Core Values. OC San's Core Values support our Mission and Vision statements by expressing the values, beliefs, and philosophy that guides our daily actions. They help form the framework of our organization and reinforce our professional work ethic.

The Core Values were last updated as part of the 2021 Strategic Plan update and are reflected as follows:

Integrity, Inclusion, Honesty, and Respect
We aspire to the highest degree of integrity, inclusion, honesty, and respect in our interaction with each other, our suppliers, our customers, and our community. We strive to demonstrate these values in our actions, commitments, and service.

Leadership, Teamwork, and Problem Solving
We lead by example, acknowledging the value of our resources and using them wisely to achieve our mission. We strive to reach OC San goals through cooperative efforts and collaboration with each other and our constituencies. We work to solve problems in a creative, cost-effective, and safe manner, and we acknowledge team and individual efforts.

Customer Service, Transparency, and Accountability
We are committed to acting in a timely, accurate, accessible, and transparent manner through excellent customer service. We are committed to act in the best interest of our internal and external stakeholders.



Resiliency, Innovation, and Learning
We continuously develop ourselves, enhancing our talents, skills, and abilities. We recognize that only through personal growth and development will we progress as an agency and as individuals.

Safety
We are committed to providing a safe work environment. We will demonstrate leaders...

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