Our mission

Employee meeting with works council and management board

"We encourage social change."
(from the Bertelsmann Stiftung Mission Statement)

Our mission statement succinctly explains the Bertelsmann Stiftung's strategic objectives and provides essential direction on how to implement them. Our mission describes a critical part of our corporate culture; in it, we set forth how the Bertelsmann Stiftung plans to operate and develop, now and in the future.

It thus serves as a tool for helping us pursue our goal of working more effectively in tackling key societal problems, effecting change and implementing reforms.

The Bertelsmann Stiftung considers itself a learning organization in which leadership through partnership and a willingness to engage in internal and external dialogue play a vital role.