The mission of Organ Donor Center of Hawaii is to:

• Save and enhance lives by recovering organs and tissues for transplant,
• Encourage donation through community and professional education, and
• Honor and support those who have given the Gift of Life.

ODCH Core Working Values

Organ Donor Center of Hawaii’s core working values prescribes the principles, standards and expectations of performance and behavior of each employee in the organization. Each ODCH employee is expected to commit to the following:

1. Integrity – a firm adherence to sound morale principles; to act with / have integrity ODCH employees will be
   
   a. Honest – being upfront; not distorting the truth
   b. Sincere – saying what you mean; meaning what you say
   c. Always do what’s right
   
   
2. Commitment – dedication to the organization’s mission, vision and values
   
   a. Pledge / promise to do something
   b. ODCH’s viability is everyone’s responsibility
   c. Doing things in the best interests of the organization
   
   
3. Accountability – responsibility for one’s actions
   
   a. Stand behind what you say / do
   b. ownership
   
   
4. Teamwork – collaborating / working together as a group where individual interests are subordinated to the organization. In working as a team, ODCH employees will display:
   
   a. Good of the whole (ODCH), vs. individual programs / services
   b. Cooperation; helping each other get the job done
   c. Group effort; everyone headed in the same direction; focused on the same target
   
   
5. Excellence – the best that can be done / achieved;
   
   a. Commitment to quality – putting our best efforts into our work & achieving our goals
   b. Always trying to improve what we do
   
   
6. Respect – to show genuine consideration and concern toward others;
   
   a. Open and honest
   b. Treating people with dignity, fairness, and courtesy
   c. Practice the “golden rule”