BNP Paribas’ core values and principles are embedded across the Group and drive its working culture
BNP Paribas is committed to being ‘the bank for a changing world’ and since the beginning has remained faithful to its original core values:
Responsiveness
- Identify and assess new situations, risks and opportunities quickly and decisively
- Take decisions and actions that are efficient and effective
Creativity
- Encourage initiative and new ideas
- Recognise people for their creativity
Commitment
- Commit to excellence in client service and to collective achievement
- Demonstrate behaviour that is exemplary
Ambition
- Aspire to leadership, seek new challenges
- Strive for team success in a competition where the referee is the client
Management Principles
Closely linked to the core values are the management principles which aim to inspire managers’ behaviour and how they manage their people. These principles outline the key behaviours and provide a guide to leading successful teams. It is important that all managers across the BNP Paribas Group follow and promote these:
Client Focus
- To inspire our people to focus in an innovative way on the client first, as the interest of the client is always at the centre of our action
Risk-Aware Entrepreneurship
To undertake initiatives for development and efficiency while:
- Being accountable
- Acting in an interdependent and cooperative way with the other entities to serve the global interest of the Group and its clients
- Being continuously vigilant of the risks related to our area of responsibility and to empower our people to do the same
People Care
- To care for our people, by showing them respect, promoting equal opportunities, acknowledging performance and developing their talents and skills
Lead by Example
To set an example through our own behaviour and ethics by:
- Respecting the regulations and the compliance rules, and behaving in a socially responsible way
- Applying ourselves to these management principles, as we expect our teams to do so
