# Our Values We share the co-operative values of **self help**, **self responsibility**, **democracy**, **equality**, **equity** and **solidarity**. Our values are reflected in the way we work and govern. We don’t believe in hierarchies and we place equal value on the work of all our staff and members, regardless of their role. Our members have the same say, equal rights and equal responsibilities. We have a single rate of pay for all those employed through the project. We recognise that members working with project users and customers are best placed to sense needs and to respond to them, and we put trust in our members to take decisions responsibly with the support of others. The success of non-hierarchical structures is reliant on trust within an organisation, and we are therefore committed to honesty and transparency in all our decision-making structures (with requisite discretion where required). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bbp-1.gitbook.io/the-bristol-bike-project-co-op-handbook/co-op/our-values.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.