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21 <br />OCES Strategic Plan -2014 <br />OCES personnel, knowing and applying the following Guiding Principles will ensure that we <br />constantly and consistently act in accordance with our Core Values. <br />Stewardship <br />OCES personnel are public servants, entrusted with public resources to perform our critical <br />mission areas. We have ethical, moral and legal obligations to protect these resources and <br />ensure they are used effectively and efficiently for their intended purpose. OCES employees <br />are also entrusted with the responsibility to be good stewards of the County's resources. We <br />must take this responsibility very seriously when executing each of our mission areas. <br />Engagement <br />OCES personnel should actively and regularly engage the whole community of Orange County, <br />which includes organizations that may not traditionally have been seen as emergency response <br />stakeholders, such as our citizens, visitors, and co- workers. Informed stakeholders make better <br />choices for their organizations, themselves, and their communities. The process of engagement <br />will enable OCES to develop and /or participate in teams that are needed to accomplish our core <br />missions. <br />Timely, accurate and open information sharing, along with mutual fairness and respect will <br />provide the foundation for effective engagement. OCES must clearly and openly communicate <br />the essential elements of our situational awareness to our leadership, to the public, and to our <br />emergency services partners in order to form a common operating picture. We do not only <br />want to be on the same sheet of music, we also want to be on the same note. <br />Effective engagement means that OCES personnel respect and value the capabilities and <br />professionalism that our stakeholders provide. OCES employees must seek new opportunities <br />and innovative ways to include our emergency service partners in critical decision - making <br />processes, in addition to collaborating with them during the execution of our daily missions. <br />We must also actively engage with our community. A simple "how are you today ?" or "can <br />help you ?" or "how are we doing ?" will go a long way. <br />Teamwork <br />As an emergency services organization, our success is dependent on interdisciplinary, <br />intergovernmental, and interagency coordination and cooperation. Understanding that major <br />disasters and emergencies may be too complex for any single agency to handle, OCES must be <br />prepared to lead and embrace teamwork among our County stakeholders, as well as those <br />stakeholders outside of our County lines. OCES personnel must work hard to maintain and <br />Appendix A- ETHOS M <br />