Behaving ethically is an essential part of working for BAE Systems, and we continue to strive to advance ethical business practices worldwide. It is fundamental to how we do business and is vitally important to the reputation and success of our company. We have and will continue to invest in attracting and retaining an effective and ethical workforce committed to our core principles of accountability, honesty, integrity, openness and respect as set forth in our global BAE Systems Code of Conduct. Doing so is an absolute, nonnegotiable requirement to building confidence and trust among our customers and industry partners. At BAE Systems we believe there is a greater good in not only what we do to support our nations, defend our freedoms, and improve the world as we know it, but also how we do it every day, anywhere around the world." — Linda Hudson, President and Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems, Inc.