Research Results : Mccombs Students ' Knowledge And Interest On Social Enterprise As A Possible Future Career Choice

The participants in this study were all first semester college student that are attending a large public university located in the Midwest. In total there were 458, 252 of them were female, and 206 were male. 417 of them were Caucasians (91.1%), 14 were Asian American (3.1 %), 10 African Americans (2.2%) , 8 Hispanics Americans (1.7), and the remaining 2% were other racial groups. The participants were all undecided student, were all enrolled in career exploration course, and had four semesters before they had to declare a major. This

Social responsibility is a great way to not only to make profit; consequently, as well as building a

The expectation that businesses behave responsibly and positively contribute to society all while pursuing their economic goals is one that holds firm through all generations. Stakeholders, both market and nonmarket, expect businesses to be socially responsible. Many companies have responded to this by including this growing expectation as part of their overall business operations. There are companies in existence today whose sole purpose is to socially benefit society alongside businesses who simply combine social benefits with their economic goals as their company mission. These changes in societal expectations and thus company purpose we’ve seen in the business community over time often blurs the line of what it means to be socially

It allows for social change advocacy without the potential external consequences of "conventional activism." But increasingly, we are led to believe that ‘entrepreneurs’ and ‘social enterprises’ are the avant garde of ‘change making’. Like every concept has both pros and cons, similarly even social entrepreneurship has its own demerits. On one hand it is one major factor in bringing change while on the other end it is being overused by companies who start off with the motive of being socially responsible and use this for the advantage in future ,by diverting their focus on profits. The point is, all of a sudden, social entrepreneurship was everywhere and everyone wanted to be one. The key to sustainable capitalism is reasonable profits as opposed to maximizing profits. In the current system, a segment of society is trying to maximize profits without concern for the impact on the well being of the society as a whole, while another segment of social organizations have to deal with the fall out. The system is not working. If it does good in some areas it also does bad in others. The example of Toms one for one shoe program though does charity and is a social enterprise but at its worst, it promotes a view of the world's poor as helpless, ineffective people passively waiting for trinkets from shoe-buying Americans. While the shoes themselves probably won't lead to any kind of disaster, that worldview can lead to bad policies and real, serious harm also has a small negative impact on local markets. And so I have come to feel increasingly uncomfortable with the term “social entrepreneurship” and its main actor, the “social entrepreneur”. It creates a false separation between “this is where we make money, and this is where we do good”. And that is exactly what is wrong with capitalism today. Myths of social entrepreneurship are different from what and how it really works in the

Large portions of the minority youth in the Midwest grow up in low-income communities where risk factors reduce their chances to attend college and excel academically. Project IMPACT is a multicultural academic program created by former Associate Provost of Diversity, Dr. Myra Gordon, to help minority recruitment and retention. Over 4,000 minority students have participated in special campus visits during high school, and a lot of them have decided to attend the university. Each academic school year, the Office of Diversity at Kansas State University hosts “College for a Day”, sponsored by Cargill and ConocoPhillips. There are about 700 students that are influenced by our ten “College for a Day” events throughout an academic school year. The

Business can divide to profit organization and nonprofit organization. In fact, the operation of non-profit organizations and businesses are required to produce the same benefits, but the difference is that non-profit organization is advocated for the organization of services and service content of the object of interest, which think alike often regarded as the main features of such organizations. Volunteer is one major program in nonprofit organization. In my business class, I joined in a volunteer program. Every Friday, I had to go to primary school teach students. Volunteers are employees in most nonprofit organization. Volunteers are very helpful. Volunteers work is a social welfare organization and responsibility. It based on the participation of behavior. I gain lots experiences in volunteer program because volunteers help people in welfare activities because I did not receive any remuneration, and to sacrifice their own free will engage in welfare, mental health and community development. In addition, it is an organization of altruistic behavior; I can help others or to the environment based on useful activities and can directly help others in various fields. Lastly, on the participation of the public, I have a good behavior and attitude of social responsibility in response to an act which is not asking for anything in. Volunteer to participate in voluntary activities, motivation. After this program, I become self-orientation, the participants focused

The focus group and the interviews were conducted with five Bloomfield College students. The objective was to find out if students are getting what they expected and needed to be successful in their career. Moreover, a focus group is a discussion involving a small group of participants led by a moderator, which seeks to gain an insight into the participants’ experiences, attitudes and/or perceptions (Hennessy & Heary, 2005). During the focus group students answer the questions with almost the same response, for instance, the first question was “In high school when you first started thinking about college what was the reason for wanting to attend?” The main response was to further their education and have a college degree. On the other side,

Being an honors student at the University of Houston-Downtown, I am very aware of how establishing community can be an important factor when trying to make an impact. The University of Houston-Downtown is branded as being a major opportunity for those who are non-traditional students. Yet this left me, a

In order to have a safe, organized society, there is a demand for men and women who possess the dedication needed to create and protect it. A socially responsible member of American society must present themselves as a role-model to the youth and needs to be willing to do various forms of volunteer work where it is needed. Every person has a role to play that influences those around them. Exhibiting positive morals and logic behind one’s actions is what defines the social responsibility that needs to be manifested in all individuals.

Knowledge is power and a college campus is the gathering place for those who understand this rule. Properly collecting large amounts of data in the form of opinions and thoughts of those who go to a college is important to evoke conversations and provide answers to various topics. The following literature review will take a look at four surveys that were taken place on college campuses to see how proper survey creation and distribution is needed to collect quality data.

Social entrepreneurship is gaining such strong interest in nonprofit world because of the economic challenges that have plagued this sector with cuts in philanthropic and government funding. According to Nash (2010) not only are there cuts, there are many organizations vying for the limited funding. Studies support, the attitudes in capitalistic America, and the ease of nonprofits to embrace this concept; evidenced by their ability to sell their once free services, to meet the demands of the consumer. According to the IRS (2010) nonprofits have increased their selling power on unrelated business income, to the tune of 184% increase, in a sixteen-year time frame. This writer, believes these numbers are evidence which support this trend is

social entrepreneurs in their efforts to start a successful venture. This book is for someone that wants to learn useful skills on how to run a social enterprise that generates profits and alleviates social problems. The book outlines the purpose of a social enterprise, which is to address a social problem and how to generate revenues. It seeks to help someone that is interested in taking this journey to understand how to create an enterprise that is self-sufficient and sustainable. There are goals included to help navigate through the process, how to develop the concept and how to deal with uncertainty. It’s the uncertainty of the idea that social entrepreneurs choose to tackle intractable social issues, sometimes they have to operate in or create a market that does not yet exist, and they work in environments that generate uncertainty and present challenges.

In other words, serving a social need doesn't necessarily mean the company is giving money to nonprofits that feed the homeless; it means the company invests in the future by innovating products and services that meet social needs and also happen to be profitable. Companies

There are obviously many issues in the world, and before this class I had a little cognitive dissonance on how to actually deal with these issues. I thought government was required to solve the social issues of a nation, but I could not say with a straight face that governments have a long track record of solving issues efficiently and efficiently. I just sort of assumed addressing social issues and running a company were mutually exclusive. When I thought of a business I thought of a pure lust for profit, and when I thought government I thought handouts and taxes. I never stopped to think that people preferring companies that do good in the world was all it would take to make a business addressing a social issue viable. I never stopped to consider how so many issues are not being addressed because traditional companies are scared to invest in a solution. It seems like people are starting to look a bit beyond just the product and are now looking into the company. If you value what a

After reading the first two chapters of Building Social Business, I was moved. I was inspired. Yunus opened my eyes to another side of business which in his words was selfless. And indeed it was selfless. Social business is truly selfless because it focuses on helping others and earning profit comes second. By reading this book and reflecting, I realized it is better to be part of the solution than be part of the problem. By looking at my community, at my environment, and at my experiences in life, there are problems that will need solutions and I firmly believe that having a social business is the solution. By my observation, slow public utilities, expensive medicine, and empowering marginalized sectors are problems that can be solved by putting up social businesses. By combining entrepreneurial mindset and experience, social awareness, and creativity, the ideal social business can be done. But what makes a social business truly a social business is the