Posted: December 17, 2019
Buy Social Canada has released the Downtown Eastside Social Enteprise Impact Report, detailing the significant economic contribution and the diverse range of social value that the social enterprise sector achieves.
WHEN MILTON FRIEDMAN SAID, “There is one and only one social responsibility of business– to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits …” he could not have been more wrong when it comes to social enterprise business models in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES).
The Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD) is a Canadian think-tank sitting at the nexus of public finance and state institutions.
Abstract
A Black epistemology in economics is needed to bring ethics back into business.
This report explores the relationship between social finance and social determinants of health in order to understand the influence each has on the other to address health and socioeconomic outcomes.
