Our Mission
The Mission Statement defines our self-image as a successful and responsible company. It also articulates our objectives, which are targeted to the interests of customers, providers of capital, employees and society. One of the core principles of the Mission Statement is: "Entrepreneurial success starts with people. Our goal is to operate a worldwide business that produces meaningful benefits for consumers, our market partners and our community."
We, the management and employees, are striving for entrepreneurial success. Entrepreneurial success starts with people. Our goal is to operate a worldwide business that produces meaningful benefits for consumers, our market partners and our community.
Through efficient research and development, production and marketing of pharmaceutical and chemical specialties, we want to extend opportunities to our customers. To achieve this, we focus our endeavors on business areas where we can achieve a competitive advantage through the excellent quality of our products, systems and services. Our objective is to establish permanent business relationships and not merely shortterm success.
On the basis of these principles, we operate as an independent and profitoriented enterprise. We expect a high level of performance from each other, and reward this accordingly. We wish to secure an acceptable return on capital for our investors.
We respect the cultural distinctions and national interests of all countries in which we operate. We strive to achieve positive recognition for our company within the community. Merck attaches particular importance to its responsibility for safety. We have an obligation to respect the environment.
We will deal honestly and constructively with one another. We regard open communication, both internal and external, as a fundamental prerequisite for reaching an understanding of our common goals and for giving meaning to what we do. We shall not be constrained by borders between business areas or countries. All employees, male or female, have equal opportunities to develop their careers.
All of us make a personal contribution to the company‘s entrepreneurial success through our mutual initiative, creativity and sense of responsibility.
