{"id":2318,"date":"2015-12-08T17:40:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T22:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/?page_id=2318"},"modified":"2018-03-20T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T16:45:00","slug":"cooperative-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/about-us\/the-co-operative-difference\/cooperative-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperative Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The co-operative principles are guidelines by which co-operatives put their values into practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Voluntary and Open Membership<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-operatives are open to all persons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Democratic Member Control<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-operatives are democratic organizations controlled by their members, with equal voting rights (one member, one vote).<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Member Economic Participation<\/strong><br \/>\nMembers control the capital of their co-operative through their vote of the Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Autonomy and Independence<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-operatives are controlled by their members. If they enter into agreements with other organizations they do so on terms that ensure democratic control by their members and maintain their co-operative autonomy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Education, Training and Information<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-operatives provide education and training for their members, elected representatives, managers, and employees so they can contribute effectively to the development of their co-operatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Co-operation among Co-operatives<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-operatives serve their members most effectively and strengthen the co-operative movement by working together through local, national, regional and international structures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Concern for Community<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-operatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policies accepted by their members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The co-operative principles are guidelines by which co-operatives put their values into practice. 1. Voluntary and Open Membership Co-operatives are open to all persons. 2. Democratic Member Control Co-operatives are democratic organizations controlled by their members, with equal voting rights (one member, one vote). 3. Member Economic Participation Members control the capital of their co-operative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":621,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tpl_page_right_sidebar.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2318\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2318\/revisions\/"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/621\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caissebiz.thedev.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}