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CONNECTING, CHAMPIONING AND CHALLENGING THE GLOBAL CO-OP MOVEMENT SINCE 1871 Holyoake House, Hanover Street, Manchester M60 0AS (00) 44 161 214 0870 www.thenews.coop editorial@thenews.coop EXECUTIVE EDITOR Anthony Murray anthony@thenews.coop DEPUTY EDITOR Rebecca Harvey rebecca@thenews.coop EDITORIAL Anca Voinea | anca@thenews.coop Miles Hadfield | miles@thenews.coop DESIGN: Keir Mucklestone-Barnett DIRECTORS Elaine Dean (chair), David Paterson (vice-chair), Richard Bickle, Sofygil Crew, Gavin Ewing, Tim Hartley, Beverley Perkins and Barbara Rainford. Secretary: Ray Henderson Established in 1871, Co-operative News is published by Co-operative Press Ltd, a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Society Act 2014. It is printed every month by Buxton Press, Palace Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6AE. Membership of Co-operative Press is open to individual readers as well as to other co-operatives, corporate bodies and unincorporated organisations. The Co-operative News mission statement is to connect, champion and challenge the global co-operative movement, through fair and objective journalism and open and honest comment and debate. Co-op News is, on occasion, supported by co-operatives, but final editorial control remains with Co-operative News unless specifically labelled ‘advertorial’. The information and views set out in opinion articles and letters do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Co-operative News. @coopnews news cooperativenews Our view: Co-ops must play their part in building a future for work An increasingly complex and globalised business environment, coupled with the rise of a more ethically conscious set of consumers, means that good governance is more crucial than ever for co-operatives. It’s a question which runs throughout the global co-operative movement, from whether better governance could have saved some of the high-profile casualties among the big co-operative players (page 34-35) to calls for co-ops in emerging economies to adopt more rigorous principles to avoid malpractice scandals (page 21). Meanwhile, the rise of digital presents challenges and opportunities for the movement and has given birth to a new form of co-operation, the platform co-op – which, says Trebor Scholz in our Q&A (page 40-41), could use a governance code of practice of its own. Big data is even changing the ways even the most longstanding industries, such as agriculture, work, as Bob Yuill of the Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society explains (page 36). We also hear from Jim Watts, secretary of the Central England Co-operative, for his view on how good governance is vital for the running of a retail society (page 37). And, as pressure from a new generation of ethical consumers prompts other business models to adopt more socially responsible models, we are seeing the growth of other alternatives such as B Corps and social enterprise. What is it about co-operative governance that sets it apart, and what can it learn from these other players (page 38-39)? But, as Prof Johnston Birchall says in the second edition of his study of governance in the movement (page 48), co-ops have “a relatively good track record”. With that in mind, how do we promote the co-op model more widely? In an extract from his thought-provoking new book, Prof Martin Parker argues that we need a root-andbranch reform of education to teach a new generation about alternative forms of organisation (page 42-43). So is it time to “bulldoze the business school”? MILES HADFIELD - EDITORIAL TEAM Co-operative News is printed using vegetable oil-based inks on 80% recycled paper (with 60% from post-consumer waste) with the remaining 20% produced from FSC or PEFC certified sources. It is made in a totally chlorine free process. <strong>MAY</strong> <strong>2018</strong> | 3
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