Values

The Tompkins County Legislature formally adopted organizational values in 2021 and updated them to include stewardship in 2024.

Respect: We embrace a safe and inclusive culture and treat each other with dignity, understanding, and compassion. 

Accountability: We embrace our vital role as public servants by pursuing excellence while holding ourselves, each other, and the organization responsible for decisions that impact the community.

Integrity: We commit to making conscious choices to act ethically in all endeavors, including following through on our commitments, admitting and learning from our mistakes, and being honest with the community and one another.

Equity: We sustain a workplace community that ensures fairness through diversity and inclusion by embracing learning and best practices, eliminating structurally oppressive systems, and building trust, appreciation, a sense of belonging, and opportunities for all. 

Stewardship: We value our human, financial, and environmental resources and provide services in a manner that responsibly manages and preserves those resources into the future.

The Values logo is prominently placed on the Tompkins County website and has been shared throughout the organization.