Our Philosophy
Articles of Incorporation
Preamble
Stiftung Liebenau was founded in 1873 by an association of Tettnang citizens initiated by Chaplain Adolf Aich. It provides social services, health care and education as a charitable foundation that, according to the wishes of its founders, "is and shall remain an exclusively private institution rooted in the values of Christian charity and brotherly love (...) and shall remain firmly established on the basis of the Roman Catholic Church ... more >
Our Values
Our vision
We help and support people to individually determine and live their own lives and to participate and be included in society.
Our commitment
We are here for the individuals who need our specific help and support.
Christian-Catholic principles
The principles that determine our working practise are fundamental anchored in the teachings of Jesus Christ from the New Testament. His compassion and his interaction with those in need in his time is the measure we use to guide us in our work with the people requiring our support today.
His humanity and his reverence for life is our starting point for respectful and positive dealings with people. Jesus`s relationship to God as the Father of all things leads us to respect and to value all individuals with truth and honesty.
In our thinking and in our actions we try to follow the example Jesus has set for us, as individuals and as an organization.
Our key guide
In our middle – the individual
Developed at the start of the 1990s, these words express our fundamental belief in Christian humanity. This is a strong and open pledge we take to the people in our care. It is also a measure of how highly we value our employees who are also the individuals meant in these words.
Our core values
Our core values
What would the world be without compassion for each other?
What would life be without help and guidance?
What would the day be without willingness to be there?
We are here for the individuals who need our special help and support
We respect their individuality and integrity
We meet them in partnership, reliable and devote
We enable them to decide themselves, how they live, as far as possible
What we do we do in respect of our values
With a deep humanity, based in Christian brotherly love
With sound working knowledge and individual answers
With a sound business, that our work lastingly secures
But also with concerns about us, ourselves, and our needs
In every moment both large and small
To fullfill our commitment
In our middle – the individual
The company logo
The image that The Stiftung Liebenau uses comes from a picture about the parable of the Good Samaritan. The image expresses our understanding of the Christian humanitarian principal of brotherly love.
Our Responsibility
With the work we do we take on wide-reaching social responsibilities. We react to Ethical and Social political developments, we are networkers and practise sustainable business policies.
Ethics
The Ethics committee looks at all the ethical aspects of the work we do and how we develop as a business
Sustainability
As a Stiftung we are committed to sustainability. This principle applies to all aspect of what we do socially, economically and environmentally.
