1. Discussion questions in groups
Is social entrepreneurship a distraction or a driver of social change?

2. Thursday afternoon debate
Hartigan paper = groups 1,7,6,
Plaskoff paper = groups 2,3,4

3. The meaning of social entrepreneurship – Dees 1999
Social entrepreneurs play the role of change agents in the social sector, by:
Adopting a mission to create and sustain social value (not just private value),
Recognizing and relentlessly pursuing new opportunities to serve that mission,
Engaging in a process of continuous innovation, adaptation, and learning,
Acting boldly without being limited by resources currently in hand, and
Exhibiting a heightened sense of accountability to the constituencies served and for the outcomes created.

4. Understanding Social Enterprise: Theory and Practice
EU-style Social Enterprise:
US-style Social Entrepreneurship:
Collective Action
Individual Action
Labour movement or government responses to social issues
Entrepreneurial (market) responses to social issues
Incremental building of social capital and assets
Fast effective achievement of social outcomes
Solidarity and Mutuality
Champions and Change Agents
Accommodation of stakeholders
Adherence to a ‘vision’
Democracy (bottom-up governance)
Philanthropy (top-down governance)
Third sector
Any sector

5. Social entrepreneurs
What do you understand by the term “social entrepreneur”?
What makes Sarah Harris a social entrepreneur? (2,3,4)
What does she believe in and why?
What does she as the role of social entrepreneurs in society?
Why did Pamela Hartigan fall in love with social entrepreneurship? (1,5,6)
Why is she now worried about the concept ?
Why does she say every entrepreneur needs be a social entrepreneur?