Our Code of Ethics

Respect for the communities we work with and serve.

Integrity in our actions.

Responsibility for our decisions and their consequences.

We are committed to:

• Acting honestly, truthfully and with integrity in all our projects.
• Avoiding conflicts of interest.
• Appropriately handling actual or apparent conflicts of interest in our relationships.
• Treating our grantees fairly.
• Treating every individual with dignity and respect, including patients and co-team members.
• Acting responsibly as we would in our home country.
• Maintaining our core values as we would in our home country.
• Acting responsibly toward the communities in which we work and for the benefit of the communities that we serve.
• Being responsible, transparent and accountable for all of our actions.
• Improving the accountability, transparency, ethical conduct and effectiveness of the nonprofit field.

SOS does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.