If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     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?