Murray-Darling Basin Commission
Values Statement
We will manage and conduct our business in a highly professional and ethical manner, and according to the values jointly agreed with the Community Advisory Committee. These values require particular behaviours that will cement our relationships with our stakeholders and the wider community, and will underlie all decisions, actions and relationships we enter into. We will promote the values so that all people and organisations which have dealings with the Commission know what to expect from us and what we expect from them.
Our values
We agree to work together, and ensure that our behaviour reflects the following values.
Courage
We will take a visionary approach, provide leadership and be prepared to make difficult decisions.
Inclusiveness
We will build relationships based on trust and
sharing, considering the needs of future generations, and working
together in a true partnership.
We will engage all partners, including Indigenous communities, and
ensure that partners have the capacity to be fully engaged.
Commitment
We will act with passion and decisiveness,
taking the long-term view and aiming for stability in decision
making.
We will take a Basin perspective and a non-partisan approach to
Basin management.
Respect and honesty
We will respect different views, respect each
other and acknowledge the reality of each other's situation.
We will act with integrity, openness and honesty, be fair and
credible, and share knowledge and information.
We will use resources equitably and respect the environment.
Flexibility
We will accept reform where it is needed, be willing to change, and continuously improve our actions through a learning approach.
Practicability
We will choose practicable, long term outcomes and select viable solutions to achieve these outcomes.
Mutual obligation
We will share responsibility and
accountability, and act responsibly, with fairness and
justice.
We will support each other through necessary change.