The purpose of the company is to promote social cohesion in families, nationally and globally by conducting corresponding studies, consulting, services and other activities, as well as by participating in other companies with similar objectives. The company aims in particular to promote and apply practical, application-oriented ethics and economics in local, national and global contexts, specifically in the areas of economy, economic policy and economic ethics; global development, development policy and development ethics, peace policy and peace ethics; social policy and general policy as shaping the community; as well as ecology, environmental policy and ecological ethics. The company is authorized to acquire, exploit and sell real estate and intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, as well as to carry out any other activity that directly or indirectly serves the purpose of the company. It is also authorized to establish and manage one or more specialized working groups, workplaces or institutes and centers as a sponsor.