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I don't think there is any legislation to stop running a company in an inclusive way.

W.L.Gore and Associates of Gore-Tex fame are renowned for their organizational culture, for example (based on what I've read):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._L._Gore_and_Associates

There are lots of different types of decisions made at companies. For example, Germany mandates a high level of employee influence at companies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codetermination_in_Germany

while remaining typically authoritarian in day to day activities (I've heard).

Non-democratic governance does not mean people could not be encouraged to participate and be creative. The book "Creativity Inc" by Ed Catmull ponders the problems of leadership and management at Pixar (namely, how they attempt to avoid all the stupid mistakes that are obvious in hindsight).

You might be interested int the "seven day weekend" by Ricardo Semler as well.

Human organizations are complex and difficult. I don't think you can legislate the pathologies away unless they are really obvious. But there are several companies already that include workers way better than not.



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