Culture
Culture
Our Vision
Every day is a commencement. It is the end of one thing and, at the same time, the start of something new.
It is a gift with which to exercise our talents in concert with our fellow employees on behalf of The GEO Group.
GEO aspires to be a world leader in government outsourced services that are diversified in their scope and uniquely professional in their quality.
This vision can only be accomplished and sustained by an organization that has the necessary depth of talent which is united in its purpose.
Working together, we will shape our remarkable new future one day at a time.
Our Mission
All levels of government (federal, state and local) are being pressured to relieve prison overcrowding and by public opinion to impose longer sentences and resist early release programs based on insufficient bed space. Limited financial resources and resistance to tax increases compound this dilemma. The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) and GEO Care offers privatized detention/correctional facilities as well as mental health and healthcare facilities as a viable solution.
As a contractor in a competitive arena, GEO's cadre of corrections professionals is motivated to find cost effective and innovative approaches and also provide the highest quality service possible. GEO provides all levels of secured facilities.
As an integral part of correctional and mental health programs, GEO has developed an expanding reputation as a provider of quality basic education programs, vocational training, substance abuse counseling, mental health counseling and job seeking skills. Its operation of detention/correctional and mental health facilities also includes food services, medical care, building and grounds maintenance, transportation and full logistical support.
As public administrators become increasingly supportive of efforts by the private sector to assume tasks traditionally performed by government entities, GEO is in the forefront, providing leadership and innovation to this expanding service industry.
GEO brings to the marketplace an extraordinary reservoir of knowledge and expertise, unparalleled in the industry and well prepared for the challenges of the future.
Our Values
Imparting a Safe and Secure Environment
We are committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace that is safe, secure and humane, not only for our trained and experienced professionals, but for the offenders entrusted in our care.
Maintaining Quality Facilities
We are committed to maintaining facilities that are state-of-the-art models of modern correctional management, rehabilitation and offender programs.
Preserving Human Dignity and Rights
We believe that every human being should be treated with dignity and that his or her basic human rights should be protected and preserved at all times.
Delivering Quality Health Care
We have pledged to provide quality health care to all of our offenders in all types of rehabilitative and correctional facilities.
Providing Access to Quality Rehabilitative Programs
We believe that all offenders can be rehabilitated and that we should encourage them to take advantage of the opportunities we offer through our quality programs.
Business Conduct & Ethics
The GEO Group and its worldwide subsidiaries adhere to the highest ethical and compliance standards. As a worldwide corporation, The GEO Group represents government clients around the globe and cares for offenders, detainees, and residents in safe and secure facilities across four continents. Throughout its diversified organization, The GEO Group has implemented policies and procedures that reflect high ethical standards. The GEO Group’s corporate code of ethics delineates the overarching principles that guide the organization in its day to day operations and interactions with key constituency groups.
Obeying the law, both in letter and in spirit, is the foundation on which GEO’s ethical standards are built. Our Code of Conduct strives to promote the following objectives:
- Honest and ethical conduct;
- Avoidance of conflicts of interest;
- Full, fair, accurate, timely and transparent disclosure;
- Compliance with applicable government and self-regulatory; organization laws, rules, and regulations;
- Prompt internal reporting of Code violations; and
- Accountability for compliance with the Code
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
Code of Ethics for CEO, Senior Financial Officers and Other
Employees
Diversity & Inclusion
At GEO, we believe that diversity in our workforce and the inclusion of a variety of views, perspectives, and backgrounds is an integral part of our company’s success. This unique mixture in the workforce provides unlimited ideas, increases productivity and innovative solutions for our clients and those we serve.
We believe that work is more than a place you go every day. It’s a place of professional growth, exploration, creativity, and interpersonal relationships. It's about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things. We want our people to take pride in their work and in maintaining a safe and secure environment. After all, it's the combined talents, skills, knowledge, experience and expertise of every one of our employees that makes us who we are.
Our 20,000 employees around the globe live and work in the communities we call home. In this geographically diverse environment, we learn from each other and share those lessons within and outside of our communities.
The inclusion of all employees makes our teams more effective, enhances communication among other people of different backgrounds and experiences, and creates an atmosphere that benefits from the talents and capabilities of our diverse workforce. Inclusion through recruiting, hiring, developing, training and promoting employees of all genders, races, religions, ages, sexual orientations, and physical abilities, is essential to our success.
The result of our desire to be diverse and inclusive creates a company culture that is ever more collaborative. Our employees are increasingly more enthusiastic about their work because they are sharing ideas across departments and divisions in inspiring new ways.
Leadership & Professionalism
Leadership and professionalism are integral part of our company culture. We employ this methodology within our company values and foster it through our business structure and employee development.
GEO strays from the bureaucracy of centralized management and utilizes a unique localized organizational structure. This structure employs a bottom up, top down management approach where decisions can be made within the most appropriate area of expertise; whether it be from the corporate, regional, or field level.
Employee development is essential to ensure proper leadership and professionalism. Thorough training promotes employee confidence which in turn creates a proactive and positive work environment.
Training at GEO
When you report to work for GEO, you can
expect to receive the best corrections training available. At GEO, we want you
to be comfortable and secure in your new position. To accomplish this, we have
placed the highest priority on seeing to it that each employee is carefully
trained in all aspects of their position.
The GEO Group works in
partnership with all our clients to employ best practices in information
delivery. As a result of our world-wide client base, GEO personnel are able to
implement training program best practices gained from around the world in its
implementation of a facility’s training program information delivery.
GEO utilizes a Corporate Director of Training Development to evaluate the
quality of training content and delivery and to update training topics and
curricula annually to ensure they reflect both the best practices in the field
as well as the salient issues of correctional management. Additionally, GEO
employs Training Directors within each of our Regional offices who are
constantly interacting with facility personnel as well as researching and
communicating best practices from around the United States. GEO training
programs are designed to exceed the minimum training requirements set forth by
the American Correctional Association (ACA), our clients and GEO policies.
Training throughout our facilities is conducted by qualified instructors
with direct experience in corrections. It’s not uncommon for the Warden to
conduct training on various topics because he or she understands that a well
trained force is the key to GEO’s success.