How do we demonstrate that we are proud to be South African?

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• Active support for national initiatives aimed at nation-building.
• Participating under the umbrella of 'Proudly South African'.

How do we ensure an empowering, vibrant workplace?

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• Respecting and living our values.
• Appropriate delegation of authority and assignment of responsibility.
• Making optimum use of staff members' talents.
• Teamwork.
• Ongoing development of all staff members (education, membership of associations, etc).
• Retention of staff.
• Provision for people with disabilities.
• Maintaining an effective Consultation Forum.
• Celebrating social events such as monthly birthday lunches, year-end functions, and sharing achievements and winning experiences.
• Ensuring that staff has the resources and technology to enable efficiency.
• Awareness amongst all staff members about policies and procedures.

How do we show an active regard for the natural environment?

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• Monitoring environmental compliance.
• Participating in activities aimed at creating awareness and preserving the environment.
• Responsible exploitation of our natural resources.

How do we work as a team?

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• Keeping staff members informed.
• Consulting staff members in decision-making.
• Developing the knowledge and skills of staff members.
• Valuing the roles and responsibilities of staff members.
• Acknowledging contributions made.
• Actively assisting and supporting one another.

How do we demonstrate respect toward one another?

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• Acknowledging and greeting one another.
• Treating each other with human dignity.
• Valuing diversity (e.g. cultural, religious and gender diversity)
• Respect for company resources and company time.

How do we create a transparent environment?

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• Communicating the processes through which decisions were reached on all staff-related issues.
• Declaring external interests, gifts and relationships to address conflicts of interest.
• Communicating and making available all updated policies and procedures to all staff members.
• Continuing to make information such as license application procedures accessible to all prospective clients/interest parties.

Petroleum Agency SA aspires to be a world class organisation, committed to:

• Professional Excellence
• Integrity
• Direct, Open, Consultative Communication
• Transparency
• Respect
• Teamwork
• Active Regard for Our Natural Environment
• Corporate Social Responsibility in an Empowering, Vibrant Workplace Where Diversity Is Valued.

We are proud to be South African!

A World Class Organisation

How do we realise our aspiration to be a world-class organisation?

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• Adhering to global standards.
• Retaining the highest level of competent staff.
• Working towards international recognition in all spheres of the Agency's business.
• Actively contributing to the development of the SA oil and gas industry world­wide.

Professional Excellence

How do we behave with professional excellence?

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• Excellent service to our clients.
• Keeping up to date with latest developments.
• Treating each other with the same respect and professionalism as we treat our clients.
• Adherence to confidentiality agreements.

Full compliance with all appropriate industry regulations and standards.

Integrity

How do we behave with integrity?

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• Being congruent in what we say and what we do.
• Being honest and truthful.
• Being consistent and equitable in applying policies and practices.
• Being accountable and accepting responsibility.
• Continually questioning ourselves whether our behaviour is in line with the company's values.

Direct, Open Consultative Communication

How do we communicate in a direct, open and consultative manner?

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• Addressing issues openly, direct and in good time.
• Being approachable and open to constructive feedback.
• Relevant involvement of staff members when decisions are made.
• Constructively making colleagues aware of their behaviour that clashes with the values.

• To increase exploration & production activities in SA
• To regulate the exploration & production environment
• To acquire, archive & enhance all petroleum exploration & production data.
• To ensure a viable and sustainable Agency

To promote, facilitate and regulate exploration and sustainable development of oil and gas in South Africa.

A vibrant upstream petroleum industry in South Africa.