Ken, and the rest of the friam list You're welcome, but I probably should have at least induced myself first.
Greetings/Howdy - I'm Mark Suazo. Pleasure to meet everyone, and I hope to be more of a contributor as time allows. best regards, Mark On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Ken Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > > Thanks! This is good to know. > > Ken > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *M Suazo > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 21, 2008 5:21 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] For Benefit Enterprise > > Hi Ann, > > Google for it with quotation marks ("for benefit enterprise") and you'll > find a few URI's that will give you more information and the web presence > for a fair number of such organizations... without the quotation marks, it's > all about a large software vendor :-) > > From: http://www.fourthsector.net/for-benefit-organizations.php (via links > at http://transforms.net/what_are_for_benefit.html) > > "*For-Benefits* are a new class of organization. They are driven by a > social purpose, they are economically self-sustaining, and they seek to be > socially, ethically, and environmentally responsible. > > Like non-profits, For-Benefits can organize in pursuit of a wide range of > social missions. Like for-profits, For-Benefits can generate a broad range > of beneficial products and services that improve quality of life for > consumers, create jobs, and contribute to the economy. For-Benefits seek to > maximize benefit to all stakeholders, and 100% of the economic "profits" > they generate are invested to advance social purposes. Because of their > architecture, For-Benefits can embody some of the best attributes of other > organizational forms. They strive to be democratic, inclusive, open, > transparent, accountable, effective, efficient, cooperative, and holistic. > > For-Benefits represent a new paradigm in organizational design. At all > levels, they aim to link two concepts which are held as a false dichotomy in > other models: private interest and public benefit." > Hope this helps a bit! > > Mark > > > On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Ann Racuya-Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Steve Guerin, >> >> >> >> I thought I heard you mention a new kind of enterprise called a "for >> benefit enterprise." Do you have any further information about this or know >> where to look to find out more? >> >> >> >> BW >> >> ARR >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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