A Crossroads for Social Entrepreneurship : profits versus Ethics
Fuentes, S. (Sandrine) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Filologia Francesa i Romànica)
Valenzuela García, Hugo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Grup de Recerca Laboratori de Xarxes Personals i Comunitats

Fecha:	2019
Descripción:	13 pàg.
Resumen:	This paper reveals one of the most critical challenges faced by Spanish social entrepreneurship: either prioritizing ethical, social and environmental objectives or profit-seeking. Social entrepreneurship (those initiatives that pursue social and environmental objectives as well as economic ones) has become a very celebrated sector welcomed by political leaders, international corporations, large financial actors and the public opinion alike. The motto that another economy is possible is gaining momentum while an enormous number and variety of both public and private promotional programs are fostering and energizing such promising sector in practically any spot of the world. However, unlike more conventional enterprises, social entrepreneurship face some crucial challenges due to its own hybrid nature and the goal of making philanthropy (i. e. , ensuring the social and environmental values) compatible with profit. A mixed-methods oriented research conducted in Catalonia (Spain) reveals some of these contradictions and challenges. As concluding remarks, we provide some clues to reconsider the scope of social entrepreneurship under a different political economy framework.
Resumen:	This paper reveals one of the most critical challenges faced by Spanish social entrepreneurship: either prioritizing ethical, social and environmental objectives or profit-seeking. Social entrepreneurship (those initiatives that pursue social and environmental objectives as well as economic ones) has become a very celebrated sector welcomed by political leaders, international corporations , large financial actors and the public opinion alike. The motto that another economy is possible is gaining momentum while an enormous number and variety of both public and private promotional programs are fostering and energizing such promising sector in practically any spot of the world. However, unlike more conventional enterprises, social entrepreneurship face some crucial challenges due to its own hybrid nature and the goal of making philanthropy (i. e. , ensuring the social and environmental values) compatible with profit. A mixed-methods oriented research conducted in Catalonia (Spain) reveals some of these contradictions and challenges. As concluding remarks, we provide some clues to reconsider the scope of social entrepre-neurship under a different political economy framework.
Ayudas:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CSO2012-32635
Derechos:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Lengua:	Castellà
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Materia:	ODS 8: Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico ; Social Entrepreneurship ; Catalonia ; Neoliberal State ; Public Intervention ; Emprenedoria social ; Catalunya ; Estat neoliberal ; Intervenció pública
Publicado en:	Open Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 7 Núm. 2 (April 2019) , p. 848-860, ISSN 2329-3284

DOI: 10.4236/ojbm.2019.72058

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