At the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, we share common values of integrity, teamwork, accountability, trust and transparency that will guide us in our dealings with citizens, stakeholders and other agencies.
Integrity. We believe in operating with integrity in all our work. We conduct ourselves in a responsible, professional fashion, as outlined in the Code of Conduct of The Executive Branch Ethics Commission.
Teamwork. We believe in leveraging the abilities of our agencies and their employees through a collaborative approach to problem-solving, project development and project implementation. Interaction and alignment of standards with other agencies is a vital part of everyone's job, while honoring and recognizing the independent statutory nature of agencies within the cabinet.
Accountability. We also strive to be openly accountable and willing to align our decision-making with the responsibility of improving the educational achievement levels and workforce readiness for all Kentuckians. For Education and Workforce Development Cabinet employees, accountability entails honoring commitments and accepting responsibility for our actions and behavior.
Trust and Transparency. At the center of all our actions, there must be trust. We trust that others will do as they say and, in turn, we assure that we will live up to our commitments. To accomplish this we must also be transparent in the way we communicate with all others, providing timely, relevant and concisely accurate information.