Initiate Discussion/Multinational Corporations

[Steve Clem <cclem@kent.edu>]

Dear Member of the EOtrans Discussion Group:

In this group, we will be discussing the broadening of employee ownership
transnationally.  Globalization has both positive and negative
implications.  Among the less desirable consequences have been the
polarization of income and the increasing concentration of wealth.

As the initial topic of discussion, I would like to solicit the group's
input on employee ownership in the multinational or transnational
corporations that have become powerful economic and political forces
throughout the world.  We understand that an increasing number of
multinational corporations are now offering ownership shares to
international employees as well as domestic ones.

As a first step in this exercise, it would be helpful for the participants
to share information and knowledge they may have regarding 1) which
multinational corporations have employee ownership programs, 2) what form
such ownership has taken, 3) what have been the motivating forces, and 4)
existing legislation governing employee ownership in multinational
corporations.

>From there, perhaps we can go to a discussion of what the group thinks
might be worthy of replication in other multinations.

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