The Good of Workplace Democracy: The Moral Case for a Cooperative Economy (Routledge Research in Applied Ethics)

This book argues for workplace democracy on the grounds that it supports the development of fundamental human goods such as personal autonomy, self-development and communal solidarity. Workplace democracy is an old, but re-invigorated idea that business firms should be organized democratically.Many proponents of workplace democracy contend that the organization of business firms should be consistent with the liberal/republican value of equal freedom that animates western democracies.However, these arguments undersell the idea of workplace democracy by ignoring its significant moral, social, and psychological benefits.This book advances a novel, goods-based argument for workplace democracy.It engages with a wide range of psychological, sociological and health-related data that point out the importance of the fundamental goods of personal autonomy, communal solidarity, and self-development to the flourishing or well-being of individuals, along with workplace democracy’s ability to provid