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The Carris Companies: Doing the Next Right Thing 

Cecile G. Betit | July, 2008

Presented in this case is the Carris Companies’ movement towards 100% employee shared ownership and governance with an emphasis on and investment in education; focus on ‘quality of life’; economic, educational and social accessibility provided by the company for its employees, many of whom are unskilled at the time of initial employment; encouragement of employee wellness; employee involvement in corporate decision-making and philanthropy; companies’ increased efforts to reduce waste and energy use and the overall positive effects on the companies’ profitability… 

Who Runs an ESOP Company? 

Anthony Mathews | October, 2007

This presentation discusses the governance structure of employee-owned companies, including trustees, fiduciaries, administrators and plan participants… 

Beyster: SAIC Solution 

J. Robert Beyster | June, 2007

Bob Beyster, the founder of Science Applications International Corporation, recalls the early days of this Fortune 300 company and recounts highlights from his new book, ‘The SAIC Solution.’ 

Creating the Ownership Edge at Your ESOP Company

Corey Rosen | May, 2007

Our experience and research over the 30 years that employee ownership has shown two distinctive realities: first, overall, employee ownership gives companies a performance advantage—”the ownership edge.” Second, there is no ready-to-use process to guarantee that a company will achieve the ownership edge. There are, however, six clusters of practices that appear again and again in successful ownership companies. This article describes these six components of ownership management and illustrates the myriad ways in which companies implement them.

ESOP Termination: Phase 1 

The National Center for Employee Ownership | April, 2007

This report describes the results of the first phase of a research project on the reasons companies terminate employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). It summarizes interviews with company leaders at former ESOP companies and suggests directions for the quantitative research planned for phase 2 of this project. 

Hy-Vee’s Winning Ways 

Steven Rubow | January, 2007

Here’s why Hy-Vee is successful as a chain and as a marketer of its private brands: Location, Ownership, Organization, Brands, Promotion and Customer Focus. 

A Positive Movement Forward: Carris Companies Employee-Governance 

Cecile G. Betit | January, 2007

This chapter presents William (Bill) H. Carris’s distinctive organizational design for a positive and practical model of 100% employee-governance in the movement toward 100% employee-ownership of the Carris Companies, a manufacturer of wood, plastic, and metal reels in six United States locations and one in Mexico… 

A Direct Stake in Economic Life: Worker-Owned Firms  

Gar Alperovitz | February, 2006

That individuals work harder, better and with greater enthusiasm when they have a direct interest in the outcome is self-evident to most people. The obvious question is: Why aren’t large numbers of businesses organized on this principle? The answer is: In fact, thousands and thousands of them are. 

Vision, Mission, Credo 

Sid Scott | April, 2005

This note contains examples of mission and vision statements from a number of employee-owned companies, including Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Whole Foods, King Arthur Flour, and more. 

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