Prof Yunus Addressing Chile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAO4s3aAyaY
Monday, February 10, 2014
Interview Latin America "Social Business: Odyssey of the Third Millennium"
Social Business: Odyssey of the Third Millennium
The vision of Prof.
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner, is that many global problems we face
can be solved through the creation of Social Business. This is a form of
business that is mainly driven by a cause, rather than by traditionally
business school objectives such as profit maximization with minimal investment
and cost reduction. The social business concept goes far beyond accomplishing
personal or investor goals. It is focused on the human being and seeks to
achieve one or more social objectives through a company. In this new form of
company, all costs are covered so that investors or owners recover their
investment, albeit through a reduced dividend distribution policy that places
the social cause first, thus bringing a new perspective to what is morally
ethical. This new concept of social business allows obtaining benefits, but
under the condition that benefits are maintained in the company and reinvested;
investors and shareholders receive a fair retribution equal for their
investment. Thus social business brings a new dimension to the business world
and a new sense of social awareness among the community. If social objectives
can be achieved more efficiently and effectively by adopting a social business
format that is sustainable, then, why not take this venue? Why give up the
notion of profit, if it has established itself in mankind as a key performance
indicator? To abandon the idea is quite illogical and contravenes the essence
of the human beings. To do so would cause great surprise. To be totally clear:
a social business does not ask people to give up a retribution for their
effort. The idea of "giving something up" was usually cause a
tremendous shock in any human. The paradigm of Prof. Yunus for social
enterprise does not ask anyone to "give anything up". Rather, it
proposes that if you are concerned about a social problem, you can make a
significant contribution, perhaps even through your current activities, to
solve a problem that involves all of us. Perhaps this could even open a door
that leads to solving a worldwide problem. It is up to you. Reinvest the
company's money in itself and make it grow. This will benefits everyone within,
from the janitor to the owner; its customers; the community as a whole, the
region, the country and perhaps even the planet. With this practice you will be
making a contribution towards humanizing the economy, a purpose that has long
been lost due to the greed of people.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Friedman Myth
We should ask what economic model do we have in our country?
In Chile for example, the economic processes, for which our country has passed, have been based on a model from the eighties that was implemented in Chile to move from a closed economy (protectionism) to a free open economy with the help of the World Bank. Based on an export model, with an open and free market economy mixed, self-contained, and with a Central Bank that was supposed to manage monetary policies between the framework of an autonomous Central Bank, of which there are only five in the world, the Federal Reserve Bank (FED), the Central Bank of Switzerland, New Zealand, Germany, the Central Bank of Chile and the EU Central Bank and fiscal policies.
When monetary policies failed to meet the economic goals, fiscal policies are applied to maintain balance and stability. In other words, a model of a mixed, and, an open free market economy at that time.
As I have stated in many of my lectures, seminars, articles, the subject of "Chicago boy` s ", is a myth, because they were not the ones who left the country with the macroeconomic policies we have today, they tried to implement the policies of an free open market economy, but never thought they would face a global financial crisis and unknowingly they were implementing policies that increased the economic and social crisis and stepped back Failing with their attempt and the world bank had to step in. This, never spoken in Chile, and the three structural adjustment loans from the World Bank that gave us to get us out of the deep economic and social crisis affecting the country, it was our only salvation.
It should be noted that in the period of the transition to democracy, nobody never quite knew anything of the agreements signed by the government of Chile with the World Bank. Chile`s return to full democracy in 1990, with its first president Patricio Aylwin continued the previous economic model, adding themes from the Social Market Economy (SME) used in Germany (second world war), since they were very similar to what the World Bank had implemented under the gaze to solve the great social inequality that crisis (Chicago Boy`s in full) had left with the policies of M. Friedman`s paradigm.
This model continued until 2010 when assumes the current president that reinstates the model of the Chicago Boys 's where he thinks, is the way to solve economic and social problems, with free-market capitalism, big mistake, because the world changed and instead of solving the economic and social issues thinking that supply and demand will solved all the problems, he did create false expectations to the people and citizens went in so much discontent, because any economist in the world, knows that using only one of the equations allows abuses and externalities that here and there allowing economic abuses to exceed any moral standard, and state moderate intervention was not even considered, and that is why conservatives or the right parties lost the past elections.
In Europe, the SME, gave great results after second world war, and when The European Union took form as well. Today the model is failing, not because, Spain, Portugal, or Greece and other coutries did not do their job well. It failed, because polititians got in economic affairs and forgot the basics of the model, goverment must intervine. Capitalism itself and Mr. Friedman legacy does not work. With austerety measures the EU will go no where, and Politians will not pull out. Social Business prof. Yunus paradigm is the only way out. Neither public nor private sector will do what social business does. People are tired of the abuses of the old system and want the new global revolution give them an oportunity. Ms. Merkel lead with the example.
Bernardo Javalquinto Economist
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Los negocios sociales, una reforma al modelo económico
Los negocios sociales, una reforma al modelo económico
Bernardo Javalquinto | Fecha de Edición: 09-01-2014Sunday, January 5, 2014
Economia y Negocios Sociales: DIPLOMADO en Negocios Sociales
Economia y Negocios Sociales: DIPLOMADO en Negocios Sociales: DIPLOMADO Cambio de Modelo Economico: El estado y las empresas sociales Una nueva dimensión del capitalismo para atender las necesidade...
DIPLOMADO en Negocios Sociales
DIPLOMADO
Cambio de Modelo
Economico: El estado y las empresas sociales
Una nueva dimensión
del capitalismo para atender las necesidades más acuciantes de la humanidad
Muhammad
Yunus, premio nobel de la paz, vio La crisis financiera internacional de los
últimos años y dejó al descubierto la existencia de graves defectos en el
sistema financiero internacional. Nuestro país no estuvo exento a esto. El
propósito de los mercados de crédito era proveer de capital a empresas y
compañías, pero unos pocos individuos los manipularon para ponerlos al servicio
de un objetivo egoísta y personal: obtener rendimientos irrealmente altos
mediante maniobras de ingeniería financiera. Esto trajo sufrimiento a los
habitantes de los países desarrollados (basta pensar en los extraordinarios
niveles de desempleo en países como España y Grecia), pero también a
incontables millones de personas en los países en vías al desarrollo, que no
tuvieron responsabilidad alguna por la crisis. Exactamente lo que ocurre en
nuestro país, de hecho, la persistencia de muchos de los problemas sociales del
mundo es reflejo de nuestra interpretación colectiva errada de la idea de
capitalismo, que lleva a que las empresas no persigan otro objetivo que la
maximización de beneficios y que se conciba a las personas como máquinas de
hacer dinero. Sin importar el daño que le hacen a la sociedad. En especial el
sector financiero que tiene a nuestro país en una situación inaguantable y las
autoridades del sector público y privado celebran como cuando hemos retrocedido
en todo aspecto de acuerdo a los informes de competitividad y ranking de
universidades. Pero en esta, nuestra
concepción del mercado económico, está faltando un componente: el
emprendimiento social. Un emprendimiento social es una compañía orientada en
conjunto a la distribución de dividendos y dedicada totalmente a la solución de
un problema social o ambiental determinado y mucho más. Los accionistas pueden
recuperar su inversión. La casi totalidad de los beneficios se reinvertirá en
el emprendimiento para aumentar su alcance o mejorar sus productos o servicios.
Y todos ganan pero los empresarios aun no logran entender los grandes
beneficios de este nuevo modelo económico global. De hecho el Senado de nuestra
querida y hermana república de Argentina premio al Sr. Carlos Letelier Albornoz
Rector del CFT Maule primera persona que se atrevió a llevar a cabo los
negocios sociales en práctica, un visionario en Chile que después del 27/F 8.8º
Maremoto y terremoto trabajo arduamente para levantar a la ciudad y sumándose a
a la ENS vieron la necesidad de avanzar en el desarrollo regional. Porque si
todos los chilenos estuvieran en lo mismo ya seriamos un país desarrollado hace
mucho tiempo mejorando la calidad en el sector agrícola (sin una política
agrícola no hay planes de contingencia) y una pujante economía que abrirá
nuevas rutas de comercio internacional, mejor turismo, mejores trabajos. Si
optamos por reformar el modelo podemos dar el salto que necesitamos en todo
orden de lo contrario seguiremos enfrascados en el subdesarrollo. La unica
universidad en avanzar con el desafio fue la Universidad Miguel de Cervantes
liderado por el Vicerrector de Comunicaciones y Extencion Sr. Jorge Maldonado
Roldan Centro global del desarrollo academico de los Negocios Sociales (SB) se
encontrara en esta casa de estudios.
La Odisea del Tercer Milenio:
Negocios Sociales.
La nueva economía Global
"Negocios Sociales"
El profesor Yunus, Premio Nobel
de la Paz, tiene una nueva visión para resolver los problemas globales que
estamos viendo hoy, día a día, en cada rincón del mundo. Las empresas sociales
son un negocio impulsado por una causa. En una empresa social, los
inversionistas o dueños poco a poco pueden ir recuperando el dinero invertido,
pero no pueden tomar todo como ocurre hoy en el pais, y el dividendo más allá de las utilidades
hasta un punto en que sea moralmente ético. Ese punto es difícil aun en Chile
entender, pero ya hay países que lo están haciendo.
La finalidad de la inversión,
como se aprende en las escuelas de negocios convencionales, es la maximización
de utilidades, mínimo de inversión y con la mayor reducción de costos. (Por eso
el pais/paises no crece) Los negocios sociales van mucho más allá que sólo
acumular riqueza personal. Los negocios sociales para lograr uno o más
objetivos sociales a través de la operación de la empresa, es más que sólo el
beneficio personal o el deseado por los inversionistas. La empresa debe
reinvertir un porcentaje de sus utilidades y cubrir todos los costos y obtener
beneficios, al mismo tiempo, para que de esta forma, lograr el objetivo social.
Objetivos tales como; asistencia sanitaria para los pobres, vivienda, servicios
financieros, problemas de mala nutrición, recuperación y alimentación adecuada
para los niños desnutridos, suministro de agua potable, introducción de
energías renovables, salarios justos (de mercado) reales y no salarios minimos
que casi el 80% del pais persive, negocios llevados de una manera ética y
muchos otros temas que no considera el sistema económico actual. Humanizar el
Capitalismo.
El éxito de los negocios sociales
se mide por el impacto de la actividad y calidad de vida en las personas o el
medio ambiente, en lugar de la cantidad de dinero acumulado u otros beneficios
obtenidos en un período determinado. La sostenibilidad de la empresa indica que
se está ejecutando como un negocio. El objetivo de la compañía es alcanzar las
metas sociales. Donde todos se beneficien. Desde el portero a los mas grandes
inversionistas.
Algunas aclaraciones sobre los
negocios sociales. Este nuevo concepto contempla la obtención de beneficios. A
las empresas sociales se les permite obtener beneficios con la condición de que
las ganancias se reinviertan en la empresa, los propietarios, inversores o
accionistas no obtendrán lucro personal más allá de la cantidad equivalente a
la inversión y/o en base a un acuerdo puede ser beneficioso para todos. Las
empresas sociales son una nueva categoría de negocio.
Establecidas desde el inicio
sobre la base de Semi Con/Sin FINES DE LUCRO. Esta nueva forma amplía el
mercado, dando una nueva opción para los consumidores, sumándose a la
competencia sin intención de monopolizar el mercado. Trae una nueva
dimensión al mundo de los negocios, y un nuevo sentimiento de conciencia social
entre la comunidad empresarial y estado. Cuando nos acercamos al concepto de
empresa social desde el lado de la filantropía, se ve muy convincente y lógico.
¿Pero por qué todo lo que se basa en la filantropía debe ser regalado?.
Si algunos de estos objetivos se
pueden lograr de manera más eficiente y sostenible en un formato de negocio
(social), entonces ¿por qué no tomar ese camino?. Después de todo, nuestro
propósito es lograr el objetivo social. Pero cuando se acerca a ella desde el
lado del negocio ortodoxo, tiende a verse un poco fuera de tono. ¿Por qué
renunciar a las ganancias? ¿Por qué alguien debería dirigir una empresa sin
fines de lucro? Es ilógico, y “toma a todo el mundo por sorpresa y vaya que se
entiende perfectamente la sorpresa”. Vamos a aclarar este punto que es basico:
primero que nada no se está pidiendo a cualquier persona de negocios que
renuncie a alguno de sus negocios. Tampoco se les pide que conviertan algunos
de sus negocios en empresas sociales. La idea de "renunciar a algo” crea
un tremendo shock. El paradigma de Yunus, respecto a crear empresas
sociales, no está pidiendo a nadie "renunciar" a cualquier
cosa. Todo lo que está diciendo, es que si usted está preocupado acerca de un
problema social (mientras está totalmente dedicado a su negocio de rutina
empresarial), él tiene un mensaje para usted. Usted puede hacer una
contribución significativa para resolver el problema. Si pone su mente en serio
en ello, incluso podríamos abrir la puerta para eliminar un problema a nivel
mundial. En economía usted siempre puede elegir, esa es la belleza del sistema economico
o también hacer ambas cosas simultáneamente: tener negocios convencionales y/o
dedicarse a las empresas sociales. Usted elije.
Reinvertir su dinero en su propia
compañía y hacerla crecer, beneficia a todo el mundo dentro de la misma
empresa, desde el portero al propietario, empresario, clientes, la comunidad,
la región, el país y hasta todo el planeta. Entonces usted efectivamente habrá
hecho un aporte a humanizar la economía que perdió hace tiempo su rumbo por la
avaricia de personas que quieren ganar más, más y más. Como decía J. M. Keynes
–“que importa, si en el largo plazo todos terminamos muertos”. Es verdad,
pero en este caso dejaremos un legado para las generaciones venideras. El
benefeficio a la tranquilidad de los trabajadores es sustancial, porque no
estara pensando si lo van a despedir a fin de mes. Va a poder soñar en enviar a
sus hijos a la escuela, poder pagar las cuentas. Tener su casa, ir al medico.
Porque todos estar en sintonia y cuando se logra la sintonia en un pais. Todos
avanzan.
Habremos construido nuevos
caminos a través de la economía, pero ahora mirándonos de frente unos a
otros, con generosidad, solidaridad y bondad. Es la parte inexplotada de
nuestras capacidades como seres humanos, que debemos comenzar a cultivar. Esta
nueva semilla ya comienza a dar frutos, aún son pocos los que se atreven a
compartir de verdad, pero esos pocos han logrado resultados inesperados, cifras
de millones de personas han superado la línea de pobreza en apenas un par de
décadas. Sin estos esfuerzos estaban condenadas a sucumbir, irremediablemente.
Todos podemos hacer algo para ir
al rescate, esta vez no será un “rescate financiero”, sino uno con rostro, de
mujeres, hombres, niños y ancianos. Nuestro programa economico esta sumandose a
una red mundial a la cual se implemetaria su enseñansa en universidad universidades
estatales y se unirían seguir los pasos en pos de la justicia social como hace
el Prof. Yunus. Por ello, cada universidad estatal por ley debera impartir una
carrera en el area de los Negocios Sociales, la educacion es la unca forma de
diseminar el nuevo paradigma global. En cuestion de años la sociedad de nuestro
pais se revertira. Para poner en un museo la pobreza y la mediocridad de
desarrollo del pais. Ofreciendo erradicar la pobreza y dar soluciones sociales
a la brevedad.
¿Pueden los objetivos
sociales pueden lograr mayor eficiencia y eficacia mediante la adopción de un
formato de negocio social que sea sostenible?
La visión del Prof.
Muhammad Yunus, ganador del Premio Nobel de la Paz, dice que muchos de los
problemas globales que enfrentamos hoy, se pueden resolver a través de la
creación de los negocios sociales. Esta es una forma de negocio que está impulsado
principalmente por una causa, más que por los objetivos de la escuela de
negocios tradicionales, como la maximización de los beneficios con una mínima
inversión y reducción de costos. El concepto de negocio social va mucho más
allá de lograr objetivos personales o de los inversores. Se centra en el ser
humano y trata de alcanzar uno o más objetivos sociales a través de una
empresa.
Bernardo Javalquinto
Thursday, December 12, 2013
First School of Social Business
First School of Social
Business
When studying economics
at the University of Maryland, one of my courses in economic development was
required to read a book by Professor Yunus, called "towards a world
without poverty." Since that day, he called my attention and the way in
which he had realized that microfinance was the only solution to eradicate
poverty in developing countries. As my father, and all my family we were always
taught, from childhood not allow poverty if we could avoid it, reading this
book made a huge impression on me. Having finished studying economics in
college, I started working immediately at the World Bank, where I had the
opportunity to meet Professor Yunus, because it gave lectures during lunch hour
(Brown Bag Lunches), where staff at the
hour of lunch use and still go to hear experts to discuss relevant world issues,
with the talks he stated that large projects could not eradicate poverty in the
world, because the money never reached the poor, and that the World Bank,
should consider this new approach of microfinance that he was developing and
that money was going directly to the poor without a collateral involved. I was
always talking with my colleagues, and I really found it fascinating how much
adversity he had to go through to make this happen and convert him in the
authority that is in the world today. I think that there is no other person on
the planet who has received so many awards and many Doctorates’ “Honoris Causa”
worldwide. He really made me question myself in staying at the World Bank and
finally, when I took the decision to return to Chile in order to use all my
knowledge, and help eradicate poverty. I did stop working from the bank for the
rich and begin to work for the Bank of the Poor. The first Latin American
microfinance seminar in which Professor Yunus was invited, but could not attend
was organized in 1997. So I did sent an email asking, if he would send someone
to represent him. Indeed, he did send the second in command of the Grameen Bank
(bank for the poor) a public eminence in Bangladesh and very close to Professor
Yunus. Dr. Khalid Shams, also a Ph.D. in Economics and basically one of the people
of more confidence that Prof. Yunus had. When he arrived in Chile, the was immediately
a relationship of great empathy between us, and he gave me almost a complete
library as the bank worked the poor, inviting in fact to become a member of the
Editorial Board of the Grameen Bank Dialogue, representing Chile in the
Directory. After that day I was called to teach microfinance everywhere and how
was this new model that Professor Yunus had created. I spent a long time
explaining the model, but the truth of it, was a waste of time, because all the
people saw it, as a means of earning money through this model. In summary,
Yunus never recognized any entity in Chile because they were not doing and
replicating the model, he did ask to each institution, foundation or however
they wanted to call themselves. Doing things their way I would say in all Latin
America at its cost and that was, that the Peace Nobel Prize never recognize in
our country and other countries any institution dedicated to microfinance. For
my end, I dedicated myself to go in Latin America giving talks and lectures on
rural economic development based on the methodologies of Yunus. This made the
Argentine Senate recognize my work twice giving me an award for the work done
in Latin America for microfinance and economic development by injecting value added
to countries and regions in Latin-American. But in Chile for more than I wanted
to achieve the eradication of poverty, and these methodologies or remedies, it
was impossible. I must admit I felt very frustrated as people closed the doors
everywhere for me, and Yunus always wondered that he could not understand how
it was that such a rich country as ours we gave ourselves the luxury of having
poor people in the country. The truth of things, I was ashamed to give much of
an answer to him, because all I could say was that the greed of our people that
was so great, that there was no economic or political will to end poverty.
Having the ability to do so and having the chance to be the first country in
the world to realize such an important achievement. A pride that we must go
through, with the individualism, and selfishness of many people not only in
Chile but in many countries in the world. In fact, one day a big businessmen summit
was organized Portillo an exclusive place for the rich and in the end, it just
wanted to capitalize on the achievements of Yunus to say that they were doing
it too. It was such a hassle that I wrote to him and told him not to come and
that it was better to help the people of Haiti rather to come and take pictures
with employers who exploit Chileans. Notwithstanding all the difficulties, I
did continue to work in Chile and among other options I started plan “B” and
one of them was, that the only way to overcome underdevelopment was investing
in value added , i.e. investing in research, development and innovation in our
country. So I started to do battle with another strategy. So it comes the
second round and here is a little history in Chile, of the outcome of it.
"The Center for Innovation Technology Development Latino Americano (CIDTEL),
the idea was to create a small Silicon Valley, we all know that the need for
all countries must add value to develop the areas of Research, Development and
Innovation (R + D + i ) the magic formula that still is not understood in less
develop nations and less much less understood in underdeloped nations to become
and be able to a give the jump to become a developed country. Under that order,
CIDTEL began looking for a place to settle and partners to support it. The first
choice was a university campus in a small town of Rengo, Chile, where there was
abandoned, we thought this is the place and by all means we did get a loan in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates for USD$ 33MM to start the project and try to establish
a benchmark in Latin America, calling on all national and international actors
to participate. The first institution to supported us was a highly and respected
financial analyst from Hawaii, Randy Havre he also an academic at the
University of Hawaii got the support, then Prof. Maital from the Israel
Institute of Technology, then McGill University in Canada, with the help of
Professor Firas Alhafidh Director of department of continuing studies, and the
Yunus Centre in Bangladesh by professor Yunus himself. The letter offered support
us in starting the first MBA program in Social Business, a certificate and a
diploma, the first of its kind in the world. Meanwhile, professor Yunus in his
letter of support indicates that we will get all the Center support and
mentioned in his letter he also hoped that we could create a social fund, for
student scholarships Chile and other social assistance. During a long time,
dealing with all authorities in the region, scholars, and authorities in public
and private sector in the country trying to get ahead with this project, it was
impossible, then we tried in the Region of Maule, in Cauquenes and then Parral,
without success, so we finally decided to deliver the project in other
countries. The first country to pay attention was Bolivia and this project was
very enthusiastic and quickly made the impossible possible to develop this
initiative from the intangible ta a reality soon. Aquinas University (UDABOL)
and political authorities saw it and they said it was the project that they had
been waiting to be developed in Bolivia creating a Social Business school (ENS),
www.ensglobal.org, which would help
eradicate poverty being one of President Evo Morales goals he had as one of his
objectives to accomplish in 2025. 's school made every effort in Chile and saw
that it was the only way we could achieve this, was to provide for the first
time in Bolivia within the legal framework of the constitution and the
educational part of CIDTEL was within the mission of the institution CIDTEL, allowing
UDABOL handle a Yunus Social Business School (SBS) and/or Escuela de Negocios Yunus
(ENS), which could offer certificates, diplomas and MBA in social Business with
the support of Yunus Centre and especially UDABOL, supported by government
authorities. Thus, an agreement with CIDTEL, with the help of the university
was signed, and certificates were offered with the ENS-UDABOL, diplomas and MBA
in Social Business. Unfortunately, we did not carry out the project, due to the
fact that UDABOL did not follow the procedures and steps necessary to keep the
mission of the ENS. We assume, at that moment that the concept is very advanced
for Latin American countries, and this can take place in developed countries but
and against all odds, we are opening the first School of Social Business (ENS)
in www.ensglobal.org, Constitution Chile, led by Ing. Carlos Francisco
Letelier Albornoz, President of the Maule Institute of Technology, or Technical
Training Center Maule (CFTM) www.cftdelmaule.cl,
They have taken an important step in this initiative to support the ideas of
Prof. Yunus to solve global social problems. Better yet is the first to issue
an MBA in Social Business in the world. This step is historical is the First
Social Business MBA that is being issued on the planet. We should feel very
proud to be the first (founding fathers) to clone and capture the ideas of
Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Yunus and clone hundreds of students to
eradicate poverty and change the way we do business and make more human the
capitalist model that we have. But also it is spreading worldwide. Universities,
institutions, organizations and people are joining this cause. Constitution is
leaving a legacy to the Maule Region and humanity. This has been a tremendous
ordeal, which supported by a wonderful team, and carrying as north in the heart
and brain the example of Yunus and many more, we have designed and realized a
powerhouse of scientific and technological knowledge, which has been permanent
lighthouse to illuminate and forge a new and great destination for young. First
Constitution, after Chile and Latin America, and, why not say, in many other
parts of the world. All of this huge effort do, obviously invisible to many, is
palpable and visible to others, and covers only half of the equation that we
have taken into account in the creation of this noble and humanitarian
non-profit project. Our concept, every impulse that is aimed at uplifting the
human race, would represent by an equation that involves two bodies or defined
areas: the first, composed by men and women, and the other by the scientific
and technological material that those must learn to wield for their own good
and for of all humanity. If, by chance, the most advanced techniques and the
perfect knowledge are given properly not to form moral and ethical beings, then
science and technology will not be assimilated or, worse, it will be used for
purposes dwarfed or disordered to serve as a highly destructive means. Research
from various university Centers conclude that, at the fair of human abilities,
simply raise the share of working hours and application levels to transcend
mediocre violin performer and get to the level of great interpreter. It's all
about practice, practice. Of course it is, whenever it tries to merely repeat
musical patterns devised, created and performed by others. Continuing with this
example, we want to be not only correct interpreters, but also notable
creators. Although all respectable, there is a very large average distance
between Claudio Arrau, excellent performer and Vivaldi or Mozart interpreters
were also above all creators of tracks timeless beauty. We put and equal zeal
in structuring the first body of the equation, i.e. the intrinsic perfection of
our students, so that they have access to traditional instruction, allowing them
to break free of what they are, being dark or obsolete, and become visible all
those treasures useless and sleeping inside. It is the proper task of
Buonarroti, discarding the chisel that what is left in the block of Carrara
marble, gives birth to the Magnificent Moses or David also, ignored, and slept
on the stone. In short, we want students who can think who are aware of
themselves and turn into real and effective creators. Therefore, the equation
will be complete when the learners are also delivered notions of ethics and
morality, with courses in philosophy, art, history, human rights, anthropology,
environment and many more, then the equation is complete they will to begin to
understand Social Business. They all ask, and what is a Social Enterprise?
Social enterprise is a cause driven business. In a social business, the
investors / owners gradually recover the money invested, but cannot take all
the profits and / or any dividend beyond an ethical point. The goal of the
investment is purely to achieve one or more social through the operation of the
business objectives, no personal gain is desired by investors. The company must
cover all costs and make a profit at the same time achieve a social goal, such
as quality education, health care for the poor, housing, financial services, awareness
in poor nutrition, malnourished children, providing clean drinking water,
introducing renewable energy. In a normal way but business must benefit all of
us and society. Seven Principles of Social Business: 1. Business goal will be
to overcome poverty, or one or more problems (such as education, health, access
to technology and environment) which threaten people and society. 2. Financial
and economic sustainability 3. Investors recover investment 4. When investment amount
and the company profits are amortized stays with the company for expansion and
improvement. 5. Environmentally conscious 6. Workforce with better working
conditions and higher wages salaries from the Marketplace 7. And, must be it
enjoyable.
The concept of social
business, “By defining entrepreneurship in a broader sense we can change the
character of capitalism radically” - Prof. Yunus. Make more humane capitalism.
In our economic system, there are currently two dominant approaches in
organizations. The first is the private sector, where companies sell products or
services to make money. However, there are important issues in our society that
are not covered in the private sector because it does not offer opportunities
for profit. This usually leads to government interventions to create the legal
and institutional frameworks to promote the common good and to protect the
interests of the weaker members of society. When governments and markets reach
their limits, charities can fill the void. The problem is, of course, that the
system does not work well enough. We live in a world of terrible injustices and
widespread poverty. Governments and charities have the will to improve, but
lack the efficiency and capacity of private sector innovation. Why not combine
the two sides? We will follow normal business methods to the task of solving
social problems such as poverty and create - Social enterprises! It will be a
completely new type of doing business. So far it has always been self -
centered, founded with the purpose of making money. Unlike traditional business,
social business operates for the benefit of social needs that enables companies
to operate more efficiently and productive. The social enterprise provides the
necessary framework to address social problems by combining know how with the
desire to improve the quality of life. Therefore, instead of being
self-centered social business has to do with the other. Professor Yunus,
Mandela and many others have demonstrated the effectiveness of this new type of
business: its clear focus on the eradication of extreme poverty combined with
their status as economic sustainability has generated numerous models with
incredible growth potential specially protecting the abuses from human rights.
Constitution opted to replicate the paradigm that is being applied worldwide.
Argentina is next.
VP in Argentina: Lic
Edgardo Civit Evans
VP in Chile Ing. Carlos
Letelier
Representative in Bolivia:
program discontinued for non-compliance of the program
Representative in Colombia: Lic. Julio Gutiérrez
Representative Honduras:
Carla Flores Gomez
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