Corporate Governance broadly describes the responsible management and control of companies. The term Public Corporate Governance is used for governmental institutions, expanding the original term with the criterion of transparency.

In Austria, companies such as AGES fall under the so-called „Public Corporate Governance Kodex“, which was compiled by a working group at the Austrian Chancellery. This codex creates uniform guidelines for public companies aiming to facilitate their control and management.

Die AGES steht für die Werte verantwortungsvoll, objektiv und kompetent. Unsere Werte stehen im Mittelpunkt unseres Handelns und spiegeln unsere Kultur wider. Der Verhaltenskodex der AGES ist die Basis für moralisch, ethisch und rechtlich einwandfreie Verhaltensweisen all unserer MitarbeiterInnen.

The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) uses the figurative mark found in the following PDF document for all officially signed electronic documents.