“If a due participation of office is a matter of right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few; by resignation, none.” IfsMatterPoliticsOfficeDuesParticipationResignationVacancy Author:Thomas Jefferson
“One of the proven ways of getting workers more involved with their jobs is by dovetailing employee profit-sharing and stock ownership plans with greater responsibility sharing... Trade unions in this country should... consider these arrangements much more carefully than they have up to now... Expanded employee profit participation and stock ownership would provide workers with a greater measure of economic and social independence, thus stimulating increased productivity.” WayShouldCountryWisdomJobsPoliticsSocialResponsibilityEconomyGreaterPlansEconomicInvolvedIndependenceTradeUnionsWorkersProfitProductivityLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipArrangementsProvenParticipationTrade UnionsProfit Sharing Author:Jacob K. Javits
“Man's Chief purpose is the creation and preservation of values; that is what gives meaning to our civilization, and the participation in this is what gives significance, ultimately, to the individual human life.” MenGivingHumansWisdomPurposeValuesPoliticsIndividualEconomyCreationCivilizationChiefsHuman LifeLiberalismSignificanceParticipationPreservation Author:Lewis Mumford
“Just as important, we need a new dedication to opening avenues for employee participation and motivation through profit-sharing and innovative programs of job enrichment.” NeedsImportantJobsMotivationPoliticsEconomyProgramProfitOpeningLiberalismEmployeeDedicationParticipationInnovativeAvenuesEnrichmentProfit Sharing Author:Charles H. Percy
“Few concepts are as basic as the role of workers in our economic structure and their participation in equity ownership.” WisdomPoliticsRolesEconomyEconomicConceptsStructureWorkersLiberalismOwnershipParticipationEquity Author:Robert S. Strauss
“Employee participation programs and employee ownership are important efforts to deal with powerlessness at work.” ImportantPoliticsDealsEffortEconomyProgramLiberalismEmployeeOwnershipParticipationPowerlessness Author:Daniel Yankelovich
“In my public statements I have earnestly urged that there rested upon government many responsibilities which affect the moral and spiritual welfare of our people. The participation of women in elections has produced a keener realization of the importance of these questions and has contributed to higher national ideals. Moreover, it is through them that our national ideals are ingrained in our children.” PeopleChildrenGovernmentPoliticsWomenResponsibilityMoralHigherIdealsImportanceOur ChildrenElectionStatementsRealizationWelfareParticipation Author:Herbert Hoover
“There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need not accept the paradox that gives us more ways than ever to speak, and leaves the public with a wider feeling than ever before that their voices are not being heard. The new technologies can strengthen our democracy, by giving us greater opportunities than ever before for better transparency and a more responsive relationship between government and electors” WayNeedsGivingMadeFeelingsGovernmentOpportunityPoliticsSpeakWaitingVoiceAcceptingTechnologyDemocracyGreaterHeardInternetConnectionsDemocraticCommunicateParadoxDeclineNew WaysParticipationExplosionsTransparencyNew Technology Author:Robin Cook