Participation with at least 50% in the share capital of the company Meier & Cie AG Schaffhausen, which is in the process of being founded; shared responsibility for the further economic prosperity of the aforementioned company, the promotion of job opportunities within the company; the cultivation of a liberal leadership style and responsible action at all levels of the company; the preservation of the financial and intellectual independence of the company, particularly of the Schaffhauser Nachrichten as an independent, responsible newspaper that promotes freedom as a social obligation in the region of Schaffhausen; the promotion of efforts to provide intellectual foundation and concretization of a humane business practice in the sense of the late Dr. Carl Oechslin, particularly in the fields of socio-scientific basic research, education and training, and social design.