Ernest Bader
Swiss chemical company executive
Ernest Bader (24 November 1890 – 5 February 1982) [1] and his wife, Dora Scott, founded a chemical company, Scott Bader , [2] and gave it to the employees under terms of Common ownership , forming the Scott Bader Commonwealth in 1951. [3]
Scott Bader Ltd. was founded in 1921 [4] with office premises in Finsbury Square , London, [5] and moved to Wollaston, Northamptonshire , in 1943. It makes synthetic resins and composite materials . Since 1951, it has expanded and is now international, employing around 700 people. Its current CEO is Kevin Matthews. [6]
Originally of Swiss nationality, Ernest Bader had been a conscientious objector in his home country. He was a Quaker , co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1957, [7] and a member of the Committee of 100 (United Kingdom) . Influential in Bader's thinking were the Society of Friends which he joined in 1945, the 17th century Quaker George Fox , Mahatma Gandhi , John Middleton Murry , Wilfred Wellock , and Canon John Collins with whom he establish Demintry (Society for Democratic Integration in Industry) in 1958. [7]
When he died in 1982, aged 91, [8] at his home in Wollaston, Bader owned no personal business assets, private house, or car. [7]
References
- ↑ John G. Corina, ‘Bader, Ernest (1890–1982)’ , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 26 Feb 2008.
- ↑ "About Scott Bader" (PDF) . Scott Bader. 2011 . Retrieved 1 August 2016 .
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- Monday, Nov 07, 1960; pg. 7; Issue 54922; col F "Family Firm's Success In Common Ownership"
- Monday, Mar 25, 1963; pg. 7; Issue 55658; col B "Commonwealth Of Employees Shares For Trustees"
- Monday, Jan 06, 1969; pg. 20; Issue 57451; col D "An experiment in industrial idealism" (Book review).
- Tuesday, Jun 19, 1973; pg. 21; Issue 58812; col D " Worker control minus the political overtones" by Ross Davies.
- ↑ Scott Bader Company website (accessed 24 February 2008)
- ↑ Susanna Hoe, The Man Who Gave His Company Away , William Heinemann Ltd. 1978, p.42
- ↑ "Scott Bader: Our group board" .
- 1 2 3 Simkin, John. "Ernest Bader' " . Spartacus Educational . Retrieved 1 August 2016 .
- ↑ The Times , Monday, 8 February 1982; pg. 10; Issue 61152; col F "Obituary"
External links
- Ernest Bader's Socio-Economic Vision , Scott Bader Company
- Reflections by Godric Bader (son of Ernest Bader), New Economics Institute
- Catalogue of the Scott Bader archives , held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
- Catalogue of Ernest Bader's papers , held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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