1st Edition

Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics Understanding the Contribution and Normative Ambivalence of Purpose-driven Venturing

By Anica Zeyen, Markus Beckmann Copyright 2019
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

Social entrepreneurs are change makers that aim to solve society’s unsolved problems. Not surprisingly, social entrepreneurship has thus created high expectations. To better understand the potential as well as the limitations of social entrepreneurship, however, a more nuanced approach is needed in two ways. First, social entrepreneurship is a multi-level phenomenon. It spans macro-level... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction – Why Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics?





Part I: Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics – The Foundations



Chapter 2: What is Social Entrepreneurship (not)?



Chapter 3: Refining our Ethical Perspective on the Light and Shadows in Social Entrepreneurship: The Concept of Normative Ambivalence





Part II: Society, Economy and Social entrepreneurship – A Macro perspective



Chapter 4: The Societal Function of Social Entrepreneurship – Innovating in the Voids between Market and State



Chapter 5: From Informal Economies to Welfare States: Social Entrepreneurship in Different Macro-level Contexts





Part III: Social Entrepreneurship, Organizations, and Management – A Meso Perspective



Chapter 6: Social Mission and Hybrid Resources: Business Models in Social Entrepreneurship



Chapter 7: Measuring Impact – Blessing or Curse?



Chapter 8: Scaling Social Ventures – Growing the Limits or Limiting Growth?





Part IV: Social Entrepreneurship and the Micro-Level



Chapter 9: Social Mission, Agency, and Calling – The Impact on Individuals within and around Social Ventures



Chapter 10: Personality Traits, Abilities, and Intention: Can Mission-driven Venturing be Taught?





Chapter 11: Narratives, Hagiographies, and Future Perspectives

Biography



Dr. Anica Zeyen is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Strategy and Sustainability at the Centre for Research into Sustainability (CRIS) at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.



Prof. Markus Beckmann is Chair of Corporate Sustainability Management at the School of Business and  Economics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.