About Bishop State

Principles of Integrity

As members of the Bishop State family – administrators, faculty, staff, students and alumni – we believe in the following principles of integrity that serve as a code of ethics to lead us in the fulfillment of our individual and collective "Commitment to a Program of Excellence" for the overall good of Bishop State Community College:

1. Truthfulness and Integrity – We value honesty in all we say and do.
2. Responsiveness and Accountability – We serve the people of Alabama and respond to them with our best, in right decisions and right actions.
3. Helpfulness – We help by providing beneficial knowledge, information and training to individuals, groups and communities.
4. Orderliness – We organize data, information, facts and ideas in a manner that is useful, retrievable and applicable.
5. Betterment – We seek to be better every day in every facet of our work.
6. Thrift and Value – We conscientiously accept the responsibility for stewardship of all funds, to use money wisely and faithfully.
7. Ethics, Courtesy and Civility – We comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations of government, accrediting agencies, our governing Board, as well as our sense of what is right.
8. Equal Opportunity – We respect the dignity and worth of all individuals. We treat people without regard to their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental capacity.
9. Responsible Independence – We accept responsibility for the fulfillment of our mission through the independence from interference and undue influence required by accreditation standards.
10. Effectiveness – We measure our progress toward goals and objectives in fulfilling our mission.