Bob Moore, the owner of Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods celebrated his 81st birthday by giving the company that he founded to his employees. Moore announced the new Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) at an all-company meeting at the headquarters office in Milwaukie, Oregon. Moore said, “It’s been my dream all along to turn this [...]
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Owner gives company to employees on 81st birthday
Posted in Democratic Principles, Management Innovation, democratic company, employee-owned companies, workplace democracy, tagged workplace democracy, Management Innovation, Democratic Companies, Bob Moore gives Bob's Red Mill company to employees as ESOP, Operations VP Dennis Vaughn, Employee Stock Ownership Plan, sharing ownership, employee ownership at Bob's Red Mill on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Moore, ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’ and Workplace Democracy
Posted in Democratic Companies, Management Innovation, democracy at work, employee engagement, employee-owned companies, open-book management, workplace democracy, tagged democratic company, shared decision making, Brainpark, South Mountain, open-book management, DaVita, Democratic Companies, Capitalism: A Love Story and workplace democracy, Michael Moore and workplace democracy, Michael Moore, Capitalism: A Love Story, workplace democracy as an alternative model to capitalism, capitalist economic model, innovative management strategy, engage and motivate employees, maintain a competitive advantage, company ownership structure, worker-owned cooperatives, W.L. Gore and Associates on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Capitalism: A Love Story, the 2009 documentary movie directed by Michael Moore, criticizes the current economic order in the United States and capitalism in general while covering the financial crisis of 2007–2009 and the recovery stimulus. In his movie, Moore highlights workplace democracy as an alternative model to capitalism. Many would argue that workplace democracy [...]
Democratic companies profiled on CNNMoney.com
Posted in Democratic Companies, democracy at work, employee-owned companies, workplace democracy, tagged workplace democracy, democratic workplace, democratic company, democracy at work, Democratic Companies, We Can Do It!, Full Sail Brewing Co, Mushkin Enhanced, Pelham Auto Parts, Ronin Tech Collective, employee-owned company, worker's cooperative, Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
CNNMoney.com recently profiled six worker-owned, democratic companies. These companies, from diverse industries such as software to auto parts to beer brewing, all credit their innovative management structures with having helped them wheather the current economic crisis. Here are the companies that were profiled: We Can Do It! Women’s Cooperative (Si Se Puede! in Spanish) was [...]
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