Although this seems like a reasonable idea at first, in fact, rule of law and effective courts preceded representative democracy in Europe by several hundred years.

One reason for this is that the big thief at the top -- the king -- benefitted by limiting the take of all the intermediary little thieves. The other reason is that the king had more to tax when the commercial sector was bustling and efficient -- but this meant contracts needed to be honored and private property respected.

Would Bezos benefit from justice at the level of rank and file management? Even if all that resulted was higher retention, then yes. Justice and rule of law doesn't have to extend to every level of an organization to make a difference.

This is something. For a country where certain elements have even called for "bringing democracy" to other countries at the worst or at least being a shining city on the hill at best, the one place democracy has not taken root is where its own people spend most of their life: in the workplace.

If Karl Marx (democracy absolutist) could have you take one thing from his work, it would be your observation. Of course, before the US decided it were the home of democracy, Europe actually was. Marx devoted his life to understanding the challenge of crossing the threshold of the workplace. For everyone interested, I recommend Capital: Volume I.

you can already do this - start a co-operative.