Integrity & Expertise | Cowden Associates

Our Core Values

INTEGRITY  We are dedicated to our clients and partners. Cowden’s professional team has committed themselves to the highest ethical standards as each client’s trusted consultant and acts on behalf of their best interest.

EXPERTISE  Cowden’s elite team is comprised of specialists in the compensation, health and benefits, and retirement arenas whose national and global capabilities have been acquired through extensive experience.

RESULTS  As your partner, Cowden helps create customized, integrated solutions that focus on your designated objectives in order to achieve success for today and in the future.

EMPLOYEES  Cowden values our professionals and pursue ways to assist them to achieve their potential.

COMMUNITY  We are dedicated to enhancing the Pittsburgh community where live, work and grow.

Ethical Responsibility

Cowden conducts its business in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. Legal compliance is one of the core assets of our ethical responsibility, and assists in defining the minimum essential duties and responsibilities in servicing our clients.

Cowden strives to act with the utmost integrity, not just in its most important corporate decisions, but in the actions taken every day by its employees. Ethical conduct is a high ideal, but often just means exercising common sense and sound judgement. It is the job of every Cowden employee to conduct business with the utmost integrity, thus, making Cowden a better company, a better partner with our clients, and a better corporate citizen.

Mission and Vision

We advance the objectives of our clients by focusing our integrity and expertise to achieve superior results.

To be a lifelong, trusted compensation, benefits and retirement advisor to our clients earning their loyalty through listening, anticipating their needs and creating value by utilizing our expertise, responsiveness, innovation and exemplary service.