Social Enterprises take on many forms and deliver a variety of functions ranging from the running of leisure centres, pubs, post offices, recycling, through to large scale nursing and primary health services and increasingly social care. Some of the … [Continue reading]
This article aims to summarise the ten principles of Servant Leadership as proposed by Robert Greenleaf. Personally I find Greenleaf’s depiction of his concepts and theories a little spiritual so I have tried to present them here in a more … [Continue reading]
The concept of social responsibility in business involves making a positive contribution to society as a whole. You must identify your key stakeholders and aim to create value for each of them in a simultaneous and mutually-beneficial way. When … [Continue reading]
Are today’s Social Entrepreneurs breaking the Social Enterprise mould? Social Enterprise has been with us for over a century but is the model evolving, or is it just a rebrand? At the same time that new opportunities emerge, so do risks and … [Continue reading]
I have discussed ‘micro-enterprises’ in some of my previous blog posts and a few people have asked me what I mean by the term ‘micro-enterprise’. I have decided to create this post in order to answer some of the questions I have been asked. I will … [Continue reading]
There are many good examples of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices being implemented across all levels and sectors of business however the extent to which small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) actively incorporate CSR into their core … [Continue reading]
A couple of years ago I was teaching a class on stakeholder management and I asked each student what it was that made their stakeholders want to engage with their business. In response one of my students proudly referred to his business as having … [Continue reading]
Silcox (2012) has outlined four levels of authority which exist within all organisations. Depending on your current experience and career history you may be able to relate to some or all of these levels: 1. Act from instruction: At this level … [Continue reading]
Conscious Capitalism (CC) is a business concept created by John Mackey, co-funder & co-CEO of Whole Foods Market and Rajendra Sisodia, Professor of Global Business at Babson College. CC claims to build on the foundations of traditional capitalism … [Continue reading]
