UK-based journalist and author Trevor Clawson tackles how social enterprises are leading on diversity, pay and environment in the UK.
Clawson shares a Social Enterprise UK (SEUK) report, titled Capitalism in Crisis, which provides a voice for the social enterprise sector featuring networking opportunities.
He quotes Director of External Affairs Andrew O'Brien who explains that SEUK believes that social enterprises can provide an alternative to the traditional way of doing things.
Clawson writes that social enterprises are more responsive to environmental concerns, more anxious to ensure their workers get a fair deal, and better in representing the diversity of the UK than conventional businesses.
Clawson concludes that, according to SEUK, the social enterprise can provide at least one model for the business landscape.
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