Aandelenbezit van werknemers en de Nederlandse arbeidsverhoudingen

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Kaarsemaker ◽  
Erik Poutsma
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Employee Ownership ◽  
Business Logic ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Participation In Decision Making

Employee ownership in the Netherlands Employee ownership has not been very common in the Netherlands, although the numbers are increasing. It is not unlikely to become a key measure amidst developments around wealth inequality, robotization and flexible working arrangements. Also, it has business logic. Nevertheless, government, unions, and employers' organisations have not been overly enthusiastic about employee ownership. However, employee ownership connects powerfully with direct and indirect forms of participation in decision-making, which are widespread in the Netherlands. Tax incentives might help set things in motion.

Employee Governance and the Ownership of the firm

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Boatright
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Employee Participation ◽  
Employee Ownership ◽  
Market Economies ◽  
Participation In Decision Making ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Ownership Rights ◽  
New Strategies

Abstract:Employee governance, which includes employee ownership and employee participation in decision making, is regarded by many as morally preferable to control of corporations by shareholders. However, employee governance is rare in advanced market economies due to its relative inefficiency compared with shareholder governance. Given this inefficiency, should employee governance be given up as an impractical ideal? This article contends that the debate over this question is hampered by an inadequate conception of employee governance that fails to take into account the difference between employees and shareholders. It offers a different, more adequate conception of employee governance that recognizes a sense in which employees currently have some ownership rights. The argument for this conception of employee governance is built on an expanded understanding of the ownership of a firm. The article also suggests new strategies for strengthening the role of employees in corporate governance.

The Voice of the Child in Child Protection Decision-Making

2020 ◽  
pp. 263-280
Author(s):  
Susanne Witte ◽  
Mónica López López ◽  
Helen Baldwin
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Maltreatment ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Children’S Participation ◽  
Participation In Decision Making ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
The Right

Children’s participation in all matters that concern them, particularly child protection decision-making, have many positive effects on children. It is also their right granted by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. However, in child protection practice there are many obstacles to including children in decision-making processes. First, the article reviews the policy and public discourse in England, Germany, and the Netherlands regarding children’s participation in investigations into suspected child maltreatment. Second, an analysis of 1,207 case files of investigations into suspected child maltreatment unfolds the extent of children’s participation and factors associated with participation within the three countries. Although all three countries grant the right to participate in decision-making to children, documented participation in child protection decision-making is very low even when older children are considered. Children’s participation in decision-making is closely linked to caretakers’ participation in decision-making. Thus, children are almost never included in decision-making when their caretaker is not. Children’s participation is associated with a higher likelihood for individual support for children in the Netherlands and Germany. The results point to the need for research on barriers of children’s participation as well as the need to provide more resources for case workers to be able to facilitate children’s participation.

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