Our Bowhead companies look to the legacy of North Alaska for values to guide our contracting efforts. The Inupiats who inspire us are a resilient people whose survival in a harsh environment requires mutual reliance, determination, adaptability, and strength of character. These qualities are significant components of the Bowhead business ethic.
Successful whalers possess a deep-seated appreciation for effective planning, a common direction, and cooperative action. Over many centuries, we’ve developed a robustly supportive culture that we now bring to our business endeavors. It is founded on the following principles:
Aviktuaqatigiigòiq
(sharing responsibilities) Acts of generosity always return to the giver. Bowhead customers can depend upon an exceptional level of service. From senior management to program professionals, we ensure that their concerns are Bowhead’s and are tackled as such. Only by serving our customers proficiently do we serve ourselves.
Ilagiigòiq
(respecting relationships) We understand what we do and our connections to our customers. We respect government’s intent when representatives seek contractor solutions and are dedicated to providing those solutions eagerly and with expertise.
Paammaaġigòiq
(cooperation) Together, we can accomplish anything. Bowhead personnel listen. We discern problems, develop solutions, and work efficiently toward those solutions, communicating with customers every step of the way.
Paaqtaktautaiòòiq
(avoidance of conflict) People are our strength. Bowhead’s strong management controls encourage us to work positively and ethically with our customers for mutual accomplishment and to recognize conflict as a deterrent to progress.
Inupiat history demonstrates a uniquely collective ability to adapt, survive, and prosper. The principle known as piqpakkutigaġniq suli qiksiksrautiqaġniq utuqqanaanun allanullu encourages each of us as individuals to treat each other fairly and with respect, as our elders taught us to do. We can do no less as a corporation.
