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codetermination

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 between management and workers in making policy

Etymologies

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co- +‎ determination

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Examples

  • A North American observer would be surprised at the degree to which codetermination is accepted, particularly in the steel industry.

    Development in Company Direction in Europe 1971

  • 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

  • And I think some kind of codetermination with the public at the board level is the way to go.

    Democracy Now! 2009

  • And I think some kind of codetermination with the public at the board level is the way to go.

    Democracy Now! 2009

  • And I think some kind of codetermination with the public at the board level is the way to go.

    Democracy Now! 2009

  • Business interests initially bristled at some of the proposals for cooperation, codetermination, and power-sharing.

    FAT and MEAN DAVID M. GORDON 2003

  • Business interests initially bristled at some of the proposals for cooperation, codetermination, and power-sharing.

    FAT and MEAN DAVID M. GORDON 2003

  • Business interests initially bristled at some of the proposals for cooperation, codetermination, and power-sharing.

    FAT and MEAN DAVID M. GORDON 2003

  • 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

  • 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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