Participation in the Workplace: Are Employees Special?
I consider two influential arguments for employee participation in firm decision making: what I call the “interest protection argument” and the “autonomy argument.” I argue that the case for granting participation rights to some other stakeholders, such as suppliers and community members, is at leas...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2010
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 92, Issue: 3, Pages: 373-384 |
Further subjects: | B
Participation
B Democracy B Employees B Autonomy B Stakeholders B interest protection |
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Summary: | I consider two influential arguments for employee participation in firm decision making: what I call the “interest protection argument” and the “autonomy argument.” I argue that the case for granting participation rights to some other stakeholders, such as suppliers and community members, is at least as strong, according to the reasons given in these arguments, as the case for granting them to certain employees. I then consider how proponents of these arguments might modify their arguments, or views, in response to this conclusion. |
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ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0160-7 |