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cblr-7809	Dammann, Jens; Eidenmüller, Horst	Codetermination: A Poor Fit for U.S. Corporations	2021	72	.pdf	application/pdf	25942	1454	53	CODETERMINATION: A POOR FIT FOR U.S. CORPORATIONS 909 working in small and midsize enterprises,132 although that difference has been shrinking somewhat in recent years.133 Against this background, advocating board codetermination in large corporations on the basis that it would help humanize and “dignify” workplace conditions in such corporations is beside the point. VI. When the discussion on board codetermination took shape in post-war Germany in the late 1940s, “[t]he prevailing view at the time was that political democracy must be combined with social constraints over the use of private capital, a concept that has been termed ‘economic democracy’ (Wirtschaftsdemokratie).”122 Potential benefits of codetermination included a “democratization” of political and business life going much beyond corporate governance-related improvements.	cache/cblr-7809.pdf	txt/cblr-7809.txt