The Merck Core Values
Integrity – ensures our credibility
- Integrity is the cornerstone of what makes us credible to everyone.
- Integrity enables us to do what we say
- Integrity obliges us to keep our promises
- Integrity also means being able to say no
- Integrity permits only those interactions and dealings that conform to our values.
Respect – foundation of any partnership
- Respect is based on the concept of humanity and human dignity.
- Respect generates an atmosphere of esteem, fairness, and recognition.
- Respect requires open and honest communication.
- Respect enables us to work successfully in different cultures and with different people.
- Respect means valuing achievement – yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Transparency – makes mutual trust possible
- Transparency is the involvement of all stakeholders through information.
- Transparency makes our actions understandable.
- Transparency supports goal-oriented behavior throughout the company.
- Transparency creates reliability.
- Transparency promotes the participation of everyone in the company prepared to accept responsibility.
Courage – opens the door to the future
- Courage requires trust in one’s own abilities.
- Courage leads to a healthy self-perception.
- Courage supports the competence needed to execute decisions in change process.
- Courage means: We challenge ourselves.
- Courage: open us to new ideas.
Achievement – makes our entrepreneurial success posible
- Achievement shapes individual and entrepreneurial ability.
- Achievement challenges and promotes our people.
- Achievement supports the personal development of our people.
- Achievement can be measured by the results obtained.
- Achievement ensures entrepreneurial independence.
Responsibility – determines our entrepreneurial actions
- Responsibility characterizes our behavior towards customers, employees, investors, and service providers.
- Responsibility means treating our natural resources with care and vigilantly protecting our environment.
- Responsibility determines our business decisions, which we jointly endorse.
- Responsibility means setting a good example.
- Responsibility leads to recognition and acceptance of our business activities.
