Critical Writing

Through going through the feedback comments provided by the tutor, it has been made clear that further research needs to be completed on the counterargument for social enterprises in order to fulfil the aims of the critical writing piece. This will provide a counter argument for the positives that have already been outlined in the text. 

Doane, D. 2014. Social enterprise: can it succeed where traditional development has failed? [ONLINE] Available at https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/feb/25/social-enterprise-succeed-traditional-development-failed  2.1.18

In this article, social enterprises are criticised for providing a service to the public for a fee. If this service were provided by the government then this would be free to the public. This is a point that can be raised in the writing piece as a negative against social enterprises. It can be compared to the points made by Christina Elliott in the Social Enterprise workshop. The main point being that if social enterprises were to be funded by the government, then if this funding were to be lost then so would the service. It would also take away many of the starting foundations of social enterprises.

Smith, F. 2017. Profits with purpose: can social enterprises live up to their promise? [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jun/15/profits-with-purpose-can-social-enterprises-live-up-to-their-promise 3.1.18

A counter argument against the above point of social enterprises taking away from government schemes is that they are providing a goods/service that may typically be bought by consumers anyway and are therefore for the fee paid, money is being put back into society and/or the environment.