codetermination means cooperation between management and workers in making policy. It carries an Arena rating of 1174, earned across 116 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, codetermination ranks #4,634 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #5,134 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #7,087 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #7,200 of 17,151 for The Improbable.
Why “codetermination” is a great word
CODETERMINATION — [Noun] A system of corporate governance where employees formally share in managerial decision-making, typically through representation on a company’s supervisory board. From the English prefix co- (meaning "together, jointly") + determination (meaning "the act of deciding or settling"). Unlike "collective bargaining," which negotiates specific terms of work, or "consultation," which seeks input without granting authority, codetermination is the structural integration of labor into the architecture of power. It is the factory worker’s vote on a new production line, the clerk’s signature beside the director’s on an investment plan, and the tangible weight of a shared ledger—a procedural alchemy that transmutes "us versus them" into a paper-and-by-law testament to a collective enterprise.
Etymology
From co- + determination.
noun
- Cooperation between management and workers in making policy.
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