To earn extra credit points
We the Owners Extra Credit Questions
Instructions: To earn extra credit points, you may answer just one or as many as four questions. In no case may your total submission exceed 2 pages in length.
Section numbers refer to segments in the film; however, to answer the questions effectively, you should watch the entire film.
To earn 12 ½ points, answer one question from this group. Your answer must not
exceed 150 words. Brevity is mandatory! Section Question
§ 17 What is the implication of Louis Kelso’s statement, “…the problem with capitalism is that there are not enough capitalists.”
§ 1 What catastrophe was Louis Kelso alluding to? What is the role of “the rights of property” in the catastrophe he predicted?
To earn an additional 12 ½ points, answer one question from this group. Your
answer must not exceed 150 words. Section Question
§ 26 Give three reasons (explanations of) why the employees at New Belgium were angry when management announced layoffs – NOT including their reactions to the loss of jobs. Number your answers (1) (2) (3).
§ 26 Evaluate the effectiveness of New Belgium’s layoffs in 2003 using concepts from Chapter 6 or Chapter 8, or both.
§ 4 The ownership and governance structure at Namaste Solar combines features of a cooperative and a conventional stock company: members receive a return on their ownership stake proportional to the size of their investment, but each member has only one vote. Does this structure violate the ethical principle of fairness?
To earn an additional 12 ½ points, answer one question from this group. Your
answer must not exceed 150 words.
Section Question § 8 New Belgium is among the Fortune 100 Best Companies to work for. Who would be most
interested in this distinction—other than workers? For instance, (a) investors; (b) suppliers; (c) beer distributors; (d) other. Give reasons for your answer.
§ 22 Power sharing is mentioned throughout We the Owners (not just §22). In what was can sharing power make an employee-owned company (1) efficient and (2) more effective?
We the Owners Extra Credit Questions
To earn an additional 12 ½ points, answer one question from this group. Your answer must not exceed 150 words. Section Question
§ 3 and others
How did an ownership culture evolve at New Belgium? (Hint: Consult your lecture notes about culture.)
§ 14 The managers at DPR Construction adopted employee ownership to ensure that the firm would outlive its founders by ensuring that they will be replaced by new employee owners. What outcome did the managers hope to achieve? What was their reason?
