The following principles shall guide us on all matters concerning civil, social, and business activities:


Product

All our efforts are geared toward providing the highest quality, lowest cost products for our markets. To this end, quality consciousness shall pervade in every job within the Company. Stanfilco believes that a quality product results from an environment in which all of its people-management and workers-strive toward a common goal of excellence.


Employee Relations

People are the key to Stanfilco's success. Therefore, the Company continues to recognize and respect every individual's basic civic, social and economic rights. The Company also recognizes the need to maintain competitive levels of wages and benefits and generally good working conditions for its employees and workers.


Grower Relations

The Company recognizes the important role of its joint venture partners- the independent Growers.- in successfully achieving its mission. Stanfilco affirms and extends its continuing support to this group of farmer-entrepreneurs.


Community Relations

Cooperation with government officials, civic groups, employee associations and other sectors of society is essential for the development of socio-economic conditions and opportunities in the community. The Company will continue to support and cooperate with the governement under whose protection and authority it operates abiding by and complying with all laws and regulations.


Environmental Protection and People's Safety

This is also a priority in Stanfilco to protect the environment and to ensure the Safety of all concerned in all its business activities from the beginning to the end of all processes, Stanfilco is to abide by the laws of the Land and by a worldclass set of standards of Good Manufacturing Practices.