As ACR works to support the mission of the organization ACR staff adheres to a number of principles that govern its work. ACR focuses on being:

• Consultative, inclusive, and decisive.
• Respectful: we believe that the quality of personal interaction is as important as its substance.
• Disciplined and results-orientated.
• Learning orientated and knowledge-based.
• Balanced in our information sources and approach to gender, culture and age.
• Transparent, honest, and sincere.
• Objective by creating and protecting a neutral space.
• Caring and empathetic.
• Pioneering in seeking new and better ways to be effective.