Vision, Mission & Values
Vision
Black & Veatch leads our industry in value creation for each of our stakeholders
— clients, professionals, shareholders and business partners.
Mission
Black & Veatch is Building a World of Difference®. By advancing
the frontiers of knowledge, we provide our clients with reliable solutions to their
most complex challenges, thereby helping improve and sustain the quality of life
around the world.
Black & Veatch Core Values
At Black & Veatch, we build strong relationships with each other, our clients
and our business partners based on seven fundamental values:
Integrity – As we operate in an intensely competitive
environment, we compete fairly, conducting our business in a professional manner
that reflects favorably on our company and on each of us. We hold ourselves to the
Black & Veatch code of conduct no matter where we operate.
Shared Ownership – We build value for our shareholders
and we share the results of the company's success with those who produce it.
Common Purpose – We operate from a common purpose
and the broad view, doing what is best for the company as a whole, working with
mutual trust and collaboration.
Stewardship – In keeping with our founding principles,
we honor other Black & Veatch professionals — past, present and future
— by striving to grow the company's value and vitality during our temporary
stewardship.
Respect – We are sincere, fair and forthright,
treating others with dignity and respecting their individual differences, feelings
and contributions.
Accountability – We set high performance expectations
and hold ourselves accountable for the quality of our work and the results we achieve
as individuals, as team members and as a company.
Entrepreneurship – We encourage nontraditional
thinking and appropriate risk-taking, which provide opportunities to learn and grow
as individuals and as businesses.