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Case Study: Isthmus Engineering

Margaret Lund | July, 2021

Isthmus Engineering is an example of a highly democratic worker-owned firm operating in an industrial sector that one might not think of as fertile ground for participatory democratic governance—the design and manufacture of highly technical custom automation machinery. From the beginning, membership in the cooperative has been open to any worker, regardless of role or … Read More

Living Our Co-op Values: Applying an Intercultural Development Model to Achieve Diversity Equity & Inclusion

LaDonna Sanders Redmond | February, 2020

Recorded as part of the “Special Topics Webinar Series” hosted by the International Centre for Co-operative Management at Saint Mary’s University on February 19, 2020. It is assumed that diversity, equity, and inclusion are included in the 7 International Co-operative Principles and many co-ops use the principles, and their corresponding values, to frame the work … Read More