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Giving workers a voice in the boardroom is a compelling corporate governance reform

  • Written by Warren Staples, Senior Lecturer in Management, RMIT University
Giving workers a voice in the boardroom is a compelling corporate governance reformThe German model of balancing shareholder interests on company boards with worker representatives is again attracting interest in the US, Britain and Australia.Shutterstock.com

This article is part of an election series on wages, industrial relations, Labor and the union movement ahead of the 2019 federal election. You can read other pieces in the...

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