The overriding objective of the directors is to increase stakeholder value within an appropriate framework and to protect the rights and interests of stakeholders whilst ensuring that the Army and Air Force Canteen Service is properly managed. The directors are committed to the principles underpinning better practice in corporate governance, applied in a manner that is best suited to the business and to address the directors’ accountability to stakeholders. This is supported by an organisation-wide commitment to high standards of legislative compliance, and financial and ethical behaviour.