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Why is co-operative culture important? 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 Rebecca Harvey rebecca@thenews.coop INTERNATIONAL EDITOR Anca Voinea | anca@thenews.coop DIGITAL EDITOR Miles Hadfield | miles@thenews.coop WRITER Jen Banks DESIGN Keir Mucklestone-Barnett ART & DESIGN PLACEMENT Owais Qazi INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH OFFICER Elaine Dean DIRECTORS Barbara Rainford (chair), David Paterson (vice-chair), Gavin Ewing, Tim Hartley, Beverley Perkins and Ray Henderson. Secretary: Richard Bickle 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 cooperativenews Whether it manifests itself through shared values, attitudes or assumptions, culture can play a key role in determining an organisation’s behaviour. In this issue we look at co-operative culture – what it is and how the values and principles of co-operation are reflected in diff erent sectors. How is it reflected in approaches to leadership, education or personal lives? Ed Mayo explains how there is no one identity across diff e rent organisations, since organisational culture is strongly influenced by factors such as environment, colleagues and the nature of a co-op’s work (p28). And in our feature on Cecop’s 40th anniversary, we hear about some of the challenges its founding members faced when bringing together diff erent co-operative cultures under one European umbrella organisation (p36-37). Organisational culture is also influenced by the sector in which co-ops operate and the size of the business. A new report argues that Canadian federation of credit unions Desjardins Group has moved away from its original mission and co-op culture due to increased competition from other banks and new consumer trends (p38-39). Why does culture matter? As Ed Mayo writes, when values are reflected in genuine behaviour, co-operative culture can bring authenticity. Employees who work for organisations whose values they share are also more engaged and tend to accomplish more, which means that culture can help co-ops thrive. This issue we also look at the cross over in values between co-op culture and diff erent religions, hear about a university course looking specifi cally at co-op culture, and how their unique way of organising helped co-ops to survive the fascist regime of Mussolini’s Italy. ANCA VOINEA - INTERNATIONAL EDITOR 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. AUGUST 2019 | 3
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