Guid­ing Prin­ci­ples

We build bridges be­tween busi­ness, pol­i­tics and so­ci­ety and take re­spon­si­bil­ity for our con­tri­bu­tion to the com­mon good and the econ­omy's ben­e­fits to so­ci­ety. Our broad mem­ber base con­sists of small, medium-sized, and large com­pa­nies with re­gional, na­tional or in­ter­na­tional busi­ness ac­tiv­i­ties and is ev­i­dence of our deep roots in all sec­tors and re­gions of the coun­try.

economiesu­isse rep­re­sents and pro­motes the in­ter­ests of its mem­bers among po­lit­i­cal de­ci­sion mak­ers, gov­ern­ment agen­cies, and the pub­lic in all areas of eco­nomic pol­icy. We ad­vo­cate for an op­ti­mal frame­work for the busi­ness lo­ca­tion Switzer­land, pro­tect the es­tab­lished eco­nomic key fac­tors of suc­cess, and pro­mote the world­wide com­pet­i­tive­ness of the Swiss econ­omy and its busi­nesses. With con­struc­tive pro­pos­als for so­lu­tions we in­tro­duce the shared con­cerns of our mem­bers to the po­lit­i­cal de­ci­sion mak­ing process and par­tic­i­pate in votes on is­sues of eco­nomic pol­icy. We are com­mit­ted to the prin­ci­ples of a free, mar­ket-based eco­nomic order and are mind­ful of our so­cial and en­vi­ron­men­tal re­spon­si­bil­ity. We par­tic­i­pate ac­tively in in­ter­na­tional or­ga­ni­za­tions where we rep­re­sent the in­ter­ests of the Swiss econ­omy and gather in­for­ma­tion about in­ter­na­tional de­vel­op­ments in eco­nomic pol­icy.  We work closely with our mem­bers and keep them abreast of the lat­est de­vel­op­ments in our var­i­ous areas of busi­ness. We net­work with other as­so­ci­a­tions and or­ga­ni­za­tions that share our goals.

Re­spon­si­bil­ity

In our view the econ­omy is an in­te­gral part of so­ci­ety and we are aware of our re­spon­si­bil­ity to the cit­i­zens of our coun­try. We en­cour­age the ac­tive par­tic­i­pa­tion of our mem­bers in civil so­ci­ety and pol­i­tics at the can­tonal and mu­nic­i­pal level. We strive for mixed teams (by gen­der lan­guage, re­gion, age, and abil­i­ties) be­cause we are con­vinced that they are more ef­fec­tive. We pro­mote the com­pat­i­bil­ity of fam­ily and work.

Com­pe­tency

We argue and de­cide ra­tio­nally and fact-based, and we act with tech­ni­cal com­pe­tency and trans­parency. We com­mu­ni­cate re­spect­fully and with es­ti­ma­tion—in­clud­ing with peo­ple who do not share our views. We are guided by the com­mon good of Switzer­land and we re­spect de­mo­c­ra­tic de­ci­sions.  

Di­a­log

We con­duct an open, con­struc­tive and so­lu­tion-ori­ented di­a­log with all of our mem­bers, with the fed­eral ad­min­is­tra­tion, the mem­bers of the fed­eral par­lia­ment, with the gov­ern­ments of the con­fed­er­a­tion and the can­tons, and with the pub­lic. We en­gage in reg­u­lar ex­changes of views with all par­ties and eco­nom­i­cally rel­e­vant groups and with so­ci­ety at large.