Ernest Bader (24 November 1890 – 5 February 1982) and his wife, Dora Scott, founded a chemical company, Scott Bader, and gave it to the employees under terms of

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, forming the Scott Bader Commonwealth in 1951. Scott Bader Ltd. was founded in 1921 with office premises in

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, London,Susanna Hoe,''The Man Who Gave His Company Away'', William Heinemann Ltd. 1978, p.42 and moved to

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, in 1943. It makes

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and

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. Since 1951, it has expanded and is now international, employing around 700 people. Its current CEO is Kevin Matthews. Originally of

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nationality, Ernest Bader had been a

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in his home country. He was a

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, co-founder of the

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in 1957, and a member of the

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. Influential in Bader's thinking were the

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which he joined in 1945, the 17th century Quaker

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, Wilfred Wellock, and

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with whom he establish Demintry (Society for Democratic Integration in Industry) in 1958. When he died in 1982, aged 91,''The Times'', Monday, 8 February 1982; pg. 10; Issue 61152; col F "Obituary" at his home in Wollaston, Bader owned no personal business assets, private house, or car.

References

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

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Catalogue of Ernest Bader's personal papers
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick 1890 births 1982 deaths English Quakers Swiss conscientious objectors Swiss emigrants to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom 20th-century English businesspeople {{quaker-stub