The analysis of the theoretical study is explainung the different possibilities of the common social and economic value of cooperative economics. The perspective includes a) the societal relevance of the member value, b) the social engagement in local and regional areas and c) the onto-anthropological relecance of the cooperative principle. The multi-disciplinary study is combining fundamental theoretical reflections with perspectives of applied research in the field of local social policy and regional development. This perspective is connecting aspects of corporate social responsibility, corporate citizenship and social capital production.