The St. Thomas Health Care organization is rooted in integrity, having placed high value on ethical medical and business practices since our founding in 1979. Since 2000, our company's foundational values have found clear expression in the St. Thomas Health Care Integrity Program, which encompassed our code of business conduct and ethics.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Howard Global Holdings, St. Thomas Health Care has adopted Howard Global Holding's program, titled Principles of Business Ethics. St. Thomas Health Care and Howard Global Holdings are committed to maintaining high ethical standards in the conduct of our business and doing the right thing in the right way for the right reasons.

Principles of Business Ethics is an important part of Howard Global Holding's Corporate Compliance Program, the goal of which is to create a workplace climate in which ethics is so integral to day-do-day operations that ethical behavior is virtually self-enforcing.

Should any concerns arise during the course of business, employees can report compliance concerns anonymously via a special telephone help line.

Through this program, St. Thomas Health Care and Howard Gobal Holdings will continue to show that maintaining high ethical standards is not simply the right thing to do, but that it is also good business.