Core Values

The  City of Greensboro’s four core values — honesty, integrity, stewardship and respect — existed long before they were ever written on paper. Our core values were not selected as ways to change our organization. Discovery of the core values was made through a series of exercises to identify what the priorities currently are for the organization. The core values attest to what we believe in.

Honesty

• Being truthful, ethical and principled
• Being authentic
• Taking a stand on important principles
• Disclosing the entire truth

Integrity

• Firm adherence to a standard of values
• Saying what we mean and constantly doing what we say
• Honor
• Trustworthiness and incorruptibility

Stewardship

• Protection and care for community resources for positive purposes
• Accountability for the current and future use of community resources
• Responsibility without possessiveness
• Placing the needs of the whole before one's own ends

Respect

• Treating people with dignity and an attitude of caring and understanding
• Showing genuine consideration for others
• Valuing each individual as an individual