Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Cooperation, especially between labor and management, in policymaking.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A determination that determines the same matter.
- noun The reciprocal relation of determining the same matter.
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- noun
cooperation betweenmanagement andworkers in makingpolicy
Etymologies
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Examples
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A North American observer would be surprised at the degree to which codetermination is accepted, particularly in the steel industry.
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With Prop 8 passing in California and various other civil rights-restricting ballot initiatives passing elsewhere, direct democracy (or more accurately, a hybrid of direct democracy and representative government called "codetermination") has been receiving a strong rejection by the gay community nationwide this year.
Gay Congressman-elect calls for more, better, and national ballot initiatives 2008
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And I think some kind of codetermination with the public at the board level is the way to go.
Democracy Now! 2009
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And I think some kind of codetermination with the public at the board level is the way to go.
Democracy Now! 2009
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And I think some kind of codetermination with the public at the board level is the way to go.
Democracy Now! 2009
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Business interests initially bristled at some of the proposals for cooperation, codetermination, and power-sharing.
FAT and MEAN DAVID M. GORDON 2003
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Business interests initially bristled at some of the proposals for cooperation, codetermination, and power-sharing.
FAT and MEAN DAVID M. GORDON 2003
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Business interests initially bristled at some of the proposals for cooperation, codetermination, and power-sharing.
FAT and MEAN DAVID M. GORDON 2003
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Under Schmidt, a series of progressive social policies was implemented, including the passage and ratification of a codetermination law that allowed equal numbers of representatives of owners and employees to form a supervisory body in each company.
1974, May 16 2001
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Industrialists agreed to trade union demands for a codetermination law, giving labor a share in the management of the coal and steel industries.
1951, Jan. 25 2001
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