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Co-Determination
One of the most unusual and, many think, successful aspects of public policy making in Germany is its system of co-determination, or the sharing of corporate decision-making power by the firm’s employees and owners. The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (
http://www.eurofound.ie/emire/GERMANY/CODETERMINATION-DE.html
) has an excellent site on how co-determination works.
1. What does co-determination mean?
2. What are the two main levels of co-determination in Germany?
3. Which side has the most power on supervisory boards?
4. In what ways could co-determination please workers?
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