Thanks Mark. This is the kind of organization I am building. Wonderful to know there is community out there already.
BW and Welcome to Friam 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
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