ISMAEL, FAISAL T.

BUSINESS ETHICS
LANGAOAN, MAIKEE I.
ABM 12-J
BAGUIO WATER DISTRICT

The Baguio City Council, in a special meeting held on 14 April 1975, passed resolution numbered
37-75 creating the Baguio Water District effective 1 July 1975.

BWD started out as a cash – strapped water system. To compound its woes, it inherited an aging
water system from the defunct Department of Public Services (DPS) where lines are so deteriorated
they simply could not be repaired any longer but rather a full system replacement is required. As
funding is one of its primordial concerns, the BWD Resolution numbered 1-75 passed by the newly
constituted Board of Directors of the BWD is a request from the City Council and Hon. Mayor Luis L.
Lardizabal to appropriate the amount of Php500,000.00 as starting operational expenses of the
District. However, as the City of Baguio was likewise in a state of financial woes, only Php100,000.00
was granted.

The District was able to obtain a loan from the Local Water Utilities Administration on 1 August
1975. While officially the BWD was founded on 1 July 1975, the Conditional Certificate of Conformance
(CCC) was issued by the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) more than a month later, on 28
August 1975 after the district has documented its schedule of improvements – a requirement to
determine the district’s commitment to improve the domestic water service to the public.

VISION

The Baguio Water District envisions to be a model water agency.

MISSION

To provide adequate and potable water at affordable rates to all consumers

STRATEGIC GOALS

 Adequate and potable water supply to all customers at affordable rates

 Financial viability with social responsibility
 Efficient and effective organization with empowered, committed, and trustworthy employees
 Complete Customer Satisfaction
 Watershed and Environment Leadership

CORE VALUES (L.I.F.E)

LEADERSHIP

We are highly committed and empowered employees who model obedience, professionalism,
and synergy in attaining good governance, accountable, and transparent management in order to
become a water operating agency that is globally competitive and environmentally-sensitive.
INTEGRITY

We are public servants exemplifying the highest standards of honesty, discipline and respect
within and outside the organization.

FOCUS ON CONSUMERS

Service to the consumers is the primordial concern of the BWD anchored in prompt and efficient
service geared towards achieving complete customer satisfaction.

EFFICIENCY

We are a diversified group of individuals, woven by solidarity, unity, openness, cooperation,

concern for environment, and adeptness, providing excellent and sustainable water services in Baguio
City.