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 # Cooperative Principles
 
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-https://ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles
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-Cooperatives around the world generally operate according to the same core principles and values, adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance in 1995. Cooperatives trace the roots of these principles to the first modern cooperative founded in Rochdale, England in 1844.
+Cooperatives around the world generally operate according to the same core principles and values, [adopted by the International Co-operative Alliance in 1995](https://ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles ). Cooperatives trace the codification of these principles to a cooperative founded in Rochdale, England, in 1844.
 
 1. Voluntary and Open Membership
 2. Democratic Member Control