ENROLL YOUR SOCIAL LABORATORY

Checklist of a Social Enterprise

(from Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development by Dr. Eduardo A. Morato)

1. Are you creating wealth for others and not for yourselves?
2. Are you working and striving to assist the economically-disadvantaged sectors of society by establishing social enterprises? 
3. Do you exist not just for profits but also for social goals?
4. Do you exist for a community of worker-owners that collaborate and cooperate rather than compete with each other?
5. Do you have the motivation to attain prosperity and with commitment to equity?
6. Do you immerse yourself in the organization and mobilization of a community, the inculcation of values, the building of alliances and development of constituencies? (the social enterprise is not just an enterprise creator)
7. Do you have a forum for self help and a mechanism for attaining dignity?
8. Do you endeavor to uplift the quality of life of the members of your enterprise, including their families?
9. Do you continuously develop new programs in response to the changing needs of your clientele?
10. Do you share your expertise, resources and technologies and collaborate with others in order to maximise the impact to the community?

page under construction - will post updates for July 2010 - Arvin