CHAPTER 12

Social enterprises are business whose primary

purpose is the common good. They use the
methods and disciplines of business and the
power of the marketplace to advance their social,
environmental and human justice agendas.
“(Social Enterprise Alliance, USA, 2016)

•It is a business owned by non profit

organizations, that are directly involved in the
production and/or selling of goods and services
for the blended purpose of generating income and
achieving social, cultural and/or environmental
aims.
Social enterprise is a business that trades for a
social and/or environmental purposes. It will have
a clear sense of its “social mission”: which means
it will know what difference it is trying to make,
who it aims to help, and how it plans to do it.

It is an organization that applies commercial

strategies to maximize improvements in human
and environmental well-being this may include
maximizing social impact alongside profits for
external shareholders.
1. History and Philosophy (“Social Enterprise”,
2016)

Social enterprise has a long history around the

world, through under different names, and with
different characteristics.

Social enterprise are often regarded erroneously as

non profit organization, although may do take on a
non profit legal form and are treated in the
academic literature on the subject as a branch or
subset of non profit activity.
A useful, although by no means universal
perspective, created by social enterprise
consultants across four continents after a review
by Social Enterprise Europe, highlights three
factors which can frame the business philosophy
of a social enterprise:

1. The extent to which it engages in ethical review

of the goods and services it produces and its
production processes;

2. The extent to which it defines its social

purposes, and evidences its social impact.
3. The extent to which it democratizes ownership,
management and governance by passing control of
its human, social and financial capital to its
primary stakeholders (producers, employees,
customers, service users).

2. International Definition (“Social Enterprise’

2016”

“Not for profit misleading criterion. It is good

practice for social enterprises to provide incentives
to workers, social and community investors
through dividends.
3. Social Enterprise in the United States (“Social
Enterprise, 2016”)

The Social Enterprise Alliance defines a “social

enterprise” as “an organization or venture that advances
its primary social or environmental mission using
business methods.”

In the United States, “social enterprise” is also distinct

from “social entrepreneurship”, which broadly
encompasses such diverse players as B Corp companies,
socially responsible investors, “for benefit” ventures,
Fourth sector organization, CSR efforts by major
corporations, and “social innovators”.
4. Social Enterprise in the Philippines (“Social
Enterprise, 2016”)

In December 1999, a group was organized called

Social Enterprise Network. Its members, based in
Metro Manila, include entrepreneurs, executives
and academics who believe in social
entrepreneurship (setting up businesses by
creating opportunities for the poor.)

A social enterprise in the Philippines is Gkonomics

International Inc, a non stock, non profit
organization.
B. Poverty Alleviation: Gkonomist Manifesto
(gkonomics.com)

I am a young Filipino
and I am now making a stand
A stand for God, my country, my people.
A stand against poverty

I will end the #1 poverty f all in our

country; poverty of the mind and heart.
I will replace my colonial mentality
with a proudly Filipino Bayanihan mentality.
God did not make a mistake in creating me
Filipino.
I am honoring God’s plan for me as a Filipino by
loving my country.

I am joining the fight to end poverty,

Not just bin words ,but more so in action
I will not stand by idly as millions of my fellow
Filipino go hungry
while I pursue my dreams and build my riches.
I dream of a prosperous ,slum-free Philippines
A people who will not merely be consumers,
but also producers

I will end poverty by creating wealth

not for my family but also for the poor.
And together we will build a worthy treasury
for all.
C. Empowerment First Profit Second

What truly is a social enterprise?

To me, a social enterprise is one that prioritizes

serving a purpose or fulfilling a need over
financial gain. The profit earned directly impacts
to the programs and service that help the
community of women to lead self sufficient.
This type of change is long-term and
challenging, but doable.
1. Educate yourself

Marketing schemes can be very powerful and

persuasive. Sometime you find the promotions
are actually causing more harm than good. As a
costumer you have the control to know what
you're doing when you're buying.
2. If your employees are happy your business
is happy

It is important that you understand your

employees background. The gratitude for
allowing them to put their family first is
reflected in the work ethic. Don't just invest in
your products ,invest in your employees.
3.Be a conscious capitalist

Owning a social enterprise is not only about the

capital return ,it is about the social return. We
could be more profitable if we didn't take care of
the people we hired.
D. What is a Social Entrepreneur?
(www.ashoka.orgi)

Social entrepreneurs are individuals with

innovative solutions to society’s most pressing
social problems. They are ambitious and
persistent, tackling major social issues and
offering new ideas for wide-scale change.

They find what is not working and solve the

problem by changing the system, spreading the
solution and persuading entire societies to move
in different directions.
Social entrepreneurs often seem to be
possessed by their ideas, committing their lives
to changing the direction of their field. They are
visionaries, but also realists and are ultimately
concerned with the practical implementation of
their vision above all else.

It present user friendly, understandable and

ethical ideas that engage widespread support in
order to maximize the number of citizens that
will stand up, seize their idea and implement it.
1. Why “Social” Entrepreneur?

Just an entrepreneurs change the face of

business, social entrepreneurs acts as the change
agents for society, seizing opportunities other
miss to improve systems, invent new approaches
and create solutions to change society for the
better.
2.Historical Examples of Leading Social
Entrepreneurs

>Susan B. Anthony (U.S)

Control property and helped spearhead the

adoption of the 19th amendments. -said that
"Men their rights, and nothing more; women,
their rights, and nothing less.“ S.Anthony
> Vinoba Bhave (India)

-said that "what we should aim at is the creation

of people power which is opposed to the power
of violence and is different from the coercive
power of the state.“ V.Bhave

>Dr. Maria Montessori (Italy)

-said that "One test of the correctness of

educational procedure is the happiness of the
child.“ M.Montessori
>Florence Nightingale (U.K)

-said that "I attribute my success to this -I

never gave or took any excuse.“ F.Nightingale

>John Muir (U.S)

-Naturalist and Conservationanist. -said that

the mountains are calling and I must go.“
J.Muir
>Jean Monnet (France)

-Responsible for the reconstruction of the

French economy following World War II . -said
that "Nothing is possible without men; nothing
is lasting without institutions.“ J.Monnet