When Lothar von Faber handed his business interests over to his son Wilhelm in 1877, he also gave him important advice for his life and work. His aim should be: “to make himself ever more useful, to develop himself ever more effectively and to shape his life ever more aesthetically.” He should do everything that is “right, good and beautiful,” while safeguarding as the highest good the “individual liberty” of each and every worker, employee and representative of the company.