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Resource type: Journal Articles
Title: Making sense of co-operative governance: competing models and tensions
Author(s): Chris Cornforth
Date: 1 January 2002
File:
URL: http://oro.open.ac.uk/15400/2/C26ECA67.pdf
Category: Co-operatives

This paper focuses on how co-operatives and mutual associations are governed. At the heart of these arrangements is an organisation’s governing body or board. Paralleling developments in the private sector, the quality of governance of co-operatives has been questioned. Serious concerns have been raised both about the democratic legitimacy of boards and their effectiveness, for example the ability of lay board members to effectively supervise senior managers, ensure probity and protect the interests of members and other relevant stakeholders.

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