The ABO board has an expectation that its Full Members will operate by a set of values. We see these as the values of the orchestral sector in the UK as well as of the ABO itself as the sector’s representative body.

• Advocacy for our members, their work, and for excellence in all we do collectively and strategically as a sector, as organisations and individuals, ensuring we are always relevant to our audiences.
• Sustainability in our business, our work in the community, and our use of our resources, developing our people and our organisation collectively and as a community.
• Professionalism, operating with integrity and transparency, championing excellence, and paying our people a fair rate for their work.
• Inclusivity in all our work, embracing the diversity of our communities, our music and our audiences, working together to reflect and celebrate our music and musicians.
• Resilience for our people, our sector and our organisations, caring for our staff and musicians, investing in their health, wellbeing and skills development through our organisational culture.
• Empowerment of our musicians, our staff, our members by engaging and challenging ourselves and each other to be innovative, dynamic and transformative in all our work.