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Discover how businesses can be powerful forces for good! In today’s world, businesses can be powerful drivers of social change. The roles of traditional social enterprises (nonprofits) and businesses are continually blurring as we see nonprofits diversifying revenue streams and many for-profit entities explicitly working towards a particular mission. This course explores how organizations use business as a force for good, balancing profit with purpose. You will dive into key topics such as the various social enterprise business models, social selling, public benefit corporations, B-Corps certification, fundraising, and impact measurement.

Students will individually research and present on an organization of their choice. Throughout the semester, students will also work in teams to support a real-world social enterprise, providing consulting services to address a specific challenge. Guided by a mentor, you will gain hands-on experience that deepens your understanding of how businesses can create meaningful social impact. Whether you aspire to launch a social enterprise or simply want to understand how business can serve the greater good, this course equips you with the tools to drive positive change.

Because the landscape of the non-profit and impact-related for-profit world is broad, one seminar course cannot possibly cover all of the important and interesting issues in this field. In our seminar, we will focus our attention on exploring a number of issues that involve the intersection of the for-profit and the not-for-profit economies.

prereq: junior or senior standing

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Every Spring