Cooperative. In short, a coop can be defined as "a jointly owned enterprise engaging in the production or distribution of goods or the supplying of services, operated by its members for their mutual benefit, typically organized by consumers or farmers.
"[4] Cooperative businesses are typically more economically resilient than many other forms of enterprise, with twice the number of co-operatives (80%) surviving their first five years compared with other business ownership models (41%).[5] Cooperatives frequently have social goals which they aim to accomplish by investing a proportion of trading profits back into their communities. As an example of this, in 2013, retail co-operatives in the UK invested 6.9% of their pre-tax profits in the communities in which they trade as compared with 2.4% for other rival supermarkets.[6] The International Co-operative Alliance was the first international association formed by the cooperative movement. It includes the World Council of Credit Unions. Origins[edit]
Association HABICOOP - Habitat coopératif. Yes, There Is an Alternative to Capitalism: Mondragon Shows the Way. There is no alternative ("Tina") to capitalism?
Dani Martinez, innovation director at Orbea bicycles, part of Mondragon Co-operative Corporation, in Mallabia, 2011. (Photograph: Vincent West/Westphoto for the Guardian) Really? We are to believe, with Margaret Thatcher, that an economic system with endlessly repeated cycles, costly bailouts for financiers and now austerity for most people is the best human beings can do? Capitalism's recurring tendencies toward extreme and deepening inequalities of income, wealth, and political and cultural power require resignation and acceptance – because there is no alternative?
I understand why such a system's leaders would like us to believe in Tina. Of course, alternatives exist; they always do. Modern societies have mostly chosen a capitalist organization of production. Capitalism thus entails and reproduces a highly undemocratic organization of production inside enterprises. . © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited.
Déclaration sur l'identité coopérative. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre.
La déclaration sur l'identité coopérative a été formulée par l’Alliance coopérative internationale en 1895 soit 51 ans après les principes de Rochdale. En 1995, lors de l'Assemblée Générale du Centenaire de l’Alliance coopérative internationale à Manchester, une nouvelle déclaration sur l’identité coopérative a été définie et la révision des principes coopératifs a été adoptée[1].
Détail d'un texte. CICOPA. Worker cooperative. A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and self-managed by its workers. This control may be exercised in a number of ways. A cooperative enterprise may mean a firm where every worker-owner participates in decision making in a democratic fashion, or it may refer to one in which managers and administration is elected by every worker-owner, and finally it can refer to a situation in which managers are considered, and treated as, workers of the firm.
In traditional forms of worker cooperative, all shares are held by the workforce with no outside or consumer owners, and each member has one voting share.
Société coopérative et participative. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre.
Une société coopérative et participative (Scop ; jusqu'en 2010, société coopérative ouvrière de production) est, en droit français, une société commerciale, société anonyme ou société à responsabilité limitée. Soumise à l’impératif de rentabilité comme toute entreprise, elle bénéficie d’une gouvernance démocratique et d’une répartition des résultats favorisant la pérennité des emplois et du projet d’entreprise. Ses salariés-coopérateurs y sont en effet associés (ou « coentrepreneurs ») majoritaires et détiennent au moins 51 % du capital et 65 % des droits de vote.
Par ailleurs, quelle que soit la quantité du capital détenu, chaque coopérateur ne dispose que d'une seule voix lors de l'assemblée générale de l'entreprise. Aspects juridiques[modifier | modifier le code] La Scop est une entreprise collective dont les associés sont majoritairement salariés. La Scop est une entreprise commerciale, SA ou SARL à capital variable.