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Co-operative values and principles: A commentary. 

Johnston Birchall

Journal of Co-operative Studies 55(1), 69-83

Orginally published in Journal of Co-operative Studies, 90, September 1997, 42-69

https://doi.org/10.61869/CMHK6273

How to cite this paper: Birchall, J. (2022).  Co-operative values and principles: A commentary. Journal of Co-operative Studies, 55(1), 69-83. https://doi.org/10.61869/CMHK6273  (Original work published 1997).

Abstract

This paper reviews the co-operative values and principles in the light of values and principles adopted at the 1995 International Co-operative alliance centennial congress. It concludes that the next step for the ICA is to work out the implications for co-operative practice and that if understood in their richness of meaning, the values and principles should provide a firm foundation on which to start.


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