# Ernest Bader

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**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](/source/Common_ownership), forming the **Scott Bader Commonwealth** in 1951.[3]

Scott Bader Ltd. was founded in 1921[4] with office premises in [Finsbury Square](/source/Finsbury_Square), London,[5] and moved to [Wollaston, Northamptonshire](/source/Wollaston,_Northamptonshire), in 1943. It makes [synthetic resins](/source/Synthetic_resins) and [composite materials](/source/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](/source/Switzerland) nationality, Ernest Bader had been a [conscientious objector](/source/Conscientious_objector) in his home country. He was a [Quaker](/source/Quaker), co-founder of the [Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament](/source/Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament) in 1957,[7] and a member of the [Committee of 100 (United Kingdom)](/source/Committee_of_100_(United_Kingdom)). Influential in Bader's thinking were the [Society of Friends](/source/Society_of_Friends) which he joined in 1945, the 17th century Quaker [George Fox](/source/George_Fox), [Mahatma Gandhi](/source/Mahatma_Gandhi), [John Middleton Murry](/source/John_Middleton_Murry), [Wilfred Wellock](/source/Wilfred_Wellock), and [Canon John Collins](/source/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

1. John G. Corina, [‘Bader, Ernest (1890–1982)’](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/46578), *[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 26 Feb 2008.

1. ["About Scott Bader"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140226191628/http://www.scottbader.com/uploads/files/3580_about-scott-bader.pdf). Scott Bader. 2011. Archived from [the original](http://www.scottbader.com/uploads/files/3580_about-scott-bader.pdf) on 26 February 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

1. *The Times*, *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.

1. [Scott Bader Company website](http://www.scottbader.com) (accessed 24 February 2008)

1. Susanna Hoe,*The Man Who Gave His Company Away*, William Heinemann Ltd. 1978, p.42

1. ["Scott Bader: Our group board"](https://www.scottbader.com/about-us/board/)

1. Simkin, John. ["Ernest Bader'"](http://spartacus-educational.com/JbaderE.htm). [Spartacus Educational](/source/Spartacus_Educational). Retrieved August 1, 2016.

1. *The Times*, Monday, 8 February 1982; pg. 10; Issue 61152; col F "Obituary"

## External links

- [Ernest Bader's Socio-Economic Vision](http://www.scottbader.com/about-us/11/our-history), Scott Bader Company
- [Reflections by Godric Bader](https://web.archive.org/web/20130323114535/http://neweconomicsinstitute.org/content/reflections-godric-bader) (son of Ernest Bader), [New Economics Institute](/source/New_Economics_Institute)
- [Catalogue of the Scott Bader archives](https://mrc.epexio.com/records/SBC), held at the [Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick](/source/Modern_Records_Centre,_University_of_Warwick)
- [Catalogue of Ernest Bader's personal papers](https://mrc.epexio.com/records/SBC/5), held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

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