Cooperation and Globalization: Mutation or Confrontation
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In 1995 the ICA adopted a revised set of cooperative principles to guide the
movement through the global era of deregulation and competitiveness. This
paper, on the basis of the cooperative experience in Canada and emerging
trends, deals with the appropriateness of the new ICA principles in reaffirming
cooperative values at the member, cooperative and movement levels.
Because cooperatives seem to be evolving toward a corporate business logic,
consequences are outlined and assessed to bring into question, among other
factors, the role of ICA and its guiding principles in the present cooperative
impasse. The paper suggests criteria and a framework for re-capturing real
cooperative values and principles. Emphasis on education and training, and
development of political cooperative leadership along with member-controlled
systems, are advanced as instruments to ensure the preservation of cooperative
ethics, values and principles in the so-called global economy.