Upholding
Ethical Standards at
DEKRA
All employees of DEKRA Certification, which includes management, executives and employees, follow the principles of impartiality, objectivity and integrity in their daily actions. Each individual´s conduct significantly influences DEKRA´s market reputation and our independence in performing our services and duties. Our clients, customers and business partners can expect that all DEKRA professionals – employees, associates, executives, managing directors and board members – possess high ethical standards, reliably fulfil their obligations and act as a fair business partner.
DEKRA Compliance Guidelines are mandatory minimum standards and at the same time an orientation for all of us to comply with laws, legal standards and ethical principles on all continents.
These values, principles and guidelines equally apply to our external auditors and also form an integral part of the cooperation agreement to be concluded with external partners.
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The Vision
for 2025
DEKRA has been ensuring safety since it was founded in 1925. This basic need of people is met by our workforce of more than 39,000 people in over 50 countries on all continents with extensive expertise, wide-ranging services and passionate commitment.
In 2015 – the year of our 90th birthday – we stood at the dawn of a new era in our company’s history. We have oriented the statutory mission of our founding fathers for the next ten years in the context of strategic courses. On the road, at work and at home – DEKRA’s skilled experts create increased safety across all the key areas of life. By our 100th birthday, our vision of being “a global partner for a safe world” should become reality.
Contents of
the Vision
Our vision describes our model and contains five elements:
Our picture of the future
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Our Vision
“We will be the global partner for a safe world” describes our ambition for the future
Our Mission
“We ensure safety” describes our role in society
Our Corporate Principles
Are strategic guidelines toward which the company is oriented
Our People Values
Serve as guidelines for the day-to-day behavior of all DEKRA employees
The Business Areas
How We Ensure Safety: Through Expertise, Innovation, and Collaboration
Since our founding in 1925, DEKRA has been committed to ensuring safety in all aspects of life. Today, this mission is carried forward by our dedicated team of more than 40,000 professionals worldwide, working together to meet one of humanity’s most essential needs—safety.
We ensure safety by
the interplay of
DEKRA has been ensuring safety since it was founded in 1925. This basic need of people is met by our workforce of more than 40,000 people.
Technology and equipment
Standards and practices
Mindset and behavior
What our clients think