Business firms play an increasingly influential role in contemporary societies, which has led many scholars to return to the question of the democratisation of corporate governance. However, the possibility of democratic deliberation within firms has received only marginal attention in the current debate. This article fills this gap in the literature by making a normative case for democratic deliberation at the workplace and empirically assessing the deliberative capacity of self-organised teams within business firms. It is based on sixteen in-depth interviews in six German firms which practice various forms of self-organised teamwork. The article argues that self-organised teamwork can create a space for authentic, inclusive, and consequential deliberation by suspending authoritarian control structures within business firms. Finally, the article proposes the consideration of firms not only as necessary parts of a larger deliberative system but also as deliberative systems in themselves.

商业公司在当代社会中扮演着越来越重要的角色，这使得许多学者重新回到公司治理民主化的问题上。然而，在当前的辩论中，企业内部民主协商的可能性只受到了很少的关注。本文通过为工作场所的民主协商制定规范案例并实证评估企业内部自组织团队的协商能力，填补了文献中的这一空白。它基于对 6 家德国公司的 16 次深度访谈，这些公司实行各种形式的自组织团队合作。文章认为，自组织的团队合作可以通过暂停商业公司内部的专制控制结构，为真实、包容和结果性的审议创造空间。最后，