In the current crisis is the need for more humanity in business again raise awareness. Under different names is sought for innovation, spirituality and business, corporate social responsibility, meaning, eco business, servant leadership, etc.
Entrepreneurship aims also to a greater social responsibility for people. They increasingly realize that it is human well-being. The often wide gap between rich and poor here but the biggest problem, though not always explicitly mentioned. For that, we in the Netherlands too good.
At international level, repeatedly called attention to poverty in the world. The call for something to do in business is also becoming stronger, but in practice nothing much happened. Striking is that often the wealthiest developing countries are experiencing the greatest poverty. The wealth in these countries remains unfortunately often limited to a small elite.
The pain of poverty is far from my bed and does not penetrate easily into our consciousness. However, small business help much to do and fortunately happens too much. A few apparently minor and transient event can sometimes strengthen our awareness of these inhuman reality.
In the Parool of May 15 I read a profound story, titled: "They are crazy with fear, those jumpers." Drug A boy jumps off of the flat when the police invade. Rather die than be deported seems incomprehensible, but the Ghanaian Pastor Tom Marfo from the Bijlmer explains: "People are terrified of the police. Why would anyone jump to common sense? They are crazy with fear. Fear of deportation. Dutch brain can not understand. You have to imagine: a family selling all assets and one of their young men can go to the west. They work here seven days a week to their families livelihood. All hope and all of the blame rests on his extended family. Imagine what it means that he returns with only the clothes he is wearing. Rather than dead, that's honorable. They come from an unimaginable poverty, the only hope is to make it here. Then they haul the worst thing that could happen. They are here to others alive. They do not jump for the police, they jump uitzetting.Hoeveel people risking their lives on boats capsize? The chance of dying is 95% and yet they come. Their only dream for the future "
What is the solution? They have come less they help alleviate poverty in their own country. That seems an impossible thing, but entrepreneurs are important for a small-scale approach to poverty reduction. They can create relationships and networks of humanity and courage to give himself something to do. That's what responsible entrepreneurship.
| Kind regards, Paul de Blot Business professor of Spirituality Nyenrode Business Universiteit |  |
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Dear Paul,
We would live through our life experiences to enrich more to use as a human being.
Caught in a system of more of the same, we are "poorer" and see how the human size disappears.
Hope springs eternal. Fortunately, we see new leadership and has put systems in question.
In time, we risk management and image exchange for innovation and responsible (chain) management.
Your guest lecture at the DMA last year has contributed to my status and bonus in exchange for it.
You wanted me to know this before, but the themes in your blog seemed to me a nice link.
As an entrepreneur I try to help organizations with sustainable business.
It is not easy, especially in this time, but it feels so much 'richer'.
I like to talk further with you off, if only for your airplane collection to complete.
Sincerely.
Albert Jourdan
@ Alobert Jourdan: Thank you for your support. I am glad that is strengthened by it. For airplanes like I always recommended, this is my hobby
Dear Paul,
Many think we are still good in the Netherlands. However, poverty is increasing, particularly in terms of sympathy. Poverty in the Netherlands compared to poverty in developing countries. Whether this comparison is genuine? Here one must meet very many duties and a more expensive standard of living. It seems impossible to compare this with, unless one of the Netherlands wishes to create a developing country.
I myself have experienced that pavement should be pursued, that commitment will be no right to exist, both in government, and by health authorities. Competitive activities are promoted, this can lead to cooperation at all?
It is truly amazing what people have to fight fellow rat deliver?
Ergo more people are working or are required to survive in the volunteer Maddness (Make A Different Day) correctly. Whether this may involve some responsibility for the (social) life?
Power and money determine the policy and are thus responsible for the pain and suffering, which many other people live. Anyway, I know that many other people, including myself, want a better life and this can also learn to give. One does not in any way well be the best from the best in themselves to learn to live. Unfortunately, this increasingly depreciated.
If someone wishes to learn, I have assisted many questions regarding the meaning.
For years I have coached other people at the end of life and also regarding the question of meaning in life.
Believe me, it's really nice to just be themselves can and must learn to be at the service of their own and fellow human being. Even the social economy benefit.
Although I am by no means learned, I know by now what hurt the most. Distrust and amortized to to participate in public good life.
I welcome your attention to this problem. Come against many walls.
My experience and logic are sometimes regarded as delusional.
It is what it is.
With friendly greetings and frank
@ White Rose: Thanks for your experience. It's about the experience
Yes, Social Enterprise is not just feasible. It is al
Both concepts are, by definition, inextricably linked. You can not have one without the other. Now it's just much at the micro, local or regional level. The great lakes around the suddenly harder and throw all sorts of agencies that this is for you to settle, but there just seems to need a direct contact often is not available. There is also an increasing need for transparency of such organizations, with the credit crisis, etc. in mind, which often is not available. There are various organized by Take that corporate social responsibility, even in different continents. And entrepreneurs in the plane and their knowledge and skills and share resources. The largest group of entrepreneurs and enterprises is prudent to global social entrepreneurship projects until international easier, more transparent, reliable and above is more direct. This development will undoubtedly come because of an increased awareness of unity. As always, are the pioneers who pave the way and lead the way. Let them especially in the sun set. Setting a good example to follow.
@ Kloeute JW: You're right JW. Do it by your example
Dear Mr. Blot,
Thanks again for your wonderful column. As a volunteer in one of the poorest districts of Bogotá, Colombia, the gap between rich and poor is not exactly close to my bed, I plan to continue doing so next to my work as a consultant. In this district there poverty and violence, the people who live here are mostly displaced, many have links with the guerrillas or the paramilitaries. It also made the catastrophic circumstances.
And this is where the difference made by the businesses and the direction of entry and entrepreneurship development, something that unfortunately happens too little. NGOs often work still based on charity, "giving to give," which in the long term, not much effect. Give a man a fish and he has food for one day, teach him to fish and he has food for his entire life. Of course there are two sides to again, since some time the children in the school lunch and breakfast where I work, because they are different with a empty stomach in the class were going, what the effect is that they are not feeling well and the substance pick.
Here, I work with parents in workshops on self development, particularly in response to the mistreatment of women and youth (15-16 years) in workshops on entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation. Fortunately, it is increasingly more companies and NGOs on a more sustainable way these themes are under way, there are families who have benefited from these facilities and now they can support themselves by their own company. However, there are still families who take advantage of everything offered, but not from their poverty. Much of it has to do with the attitude of the people, if they are victims of the situation, whether they accept this and they find a way to get out?
Unfortunately this is as much an "extra" activity, in addition to business activities, and not integrated into the value chain of a company. Businesses are handing out gifts, take pictures for newspapers, and disappear again. However this will be more and more things that contribute to the development, school materials, workshops in music and art (creativity).
In short, we're going in the right direction but there is still much to do and much to improve.
Sincerely,
Inge de Dreu
Inge de Dreu @: I appreciate your optimism Inge, keep it up
Dear Paul,
Social enterprise feasible?
I do not think so. Because culture is not so put together. Competition is good they say. In my experience, competition leads to greed. Competition is contrary provide the best and want to be. Otherwise you will not save the world knows where losers and winners. It is a logical consequence, I believe that competition is one that loses. Our experience is that a weaker.
Which has weaker 'lost' so let him be. He or she puts it not solve this problem. Get rid of them.
I'm sometimes asked what the difference is between saying "Go forth and multiply" and the saying "divide and Unite". The answer was that the first was about reproduction and the second about money.
"Go forth and multiply" implies that you can make something more.
"Unite and divide" implies the opposite.
But if you can share it longer. It is friendlier and fairer. We are both or all the same. Equally or as little.
The latter is to us.
"Go forth and multiply" is the reverse 'same' as Unite and distribution.
Go and multiply is the same as unite. If you have brings you more. That's the same with multiplication. But if you multiply or divide nothing. You get only more. If there is only one factor applies, reproduce, there is always another factor less.
In society is the one factor that will more that little elite club. Which is to multiply on someone else's back. Because the 'key' is based on the competitive model. There is thus only be distributed is the key in my eyes wrong. The one has over another. (Is a very old principle and learned). But it is the same as nature, life works.
That elite club has therefore the most money. The banks maybe. Banks are the strongest in the world. They make or break the business. It seems that the bank must determine which operator to join the club elite. You saw that politics and the banks together and without each other.
The money that she initially was only to the balance inpompten equalization. The balance stood at zero. Although the balance to zero, the group was put arms just as big. But because there is money rich group had had to be pumped back 'back' should be. Result ... the rich are just passing poorer. The poor are not as poor poorer and the group is larger. The rich can now make more money on the larger (MADE) group arms. For the rich of course can not distribute anything. 100% money that should be more natural. They think that can only multiply if only the rich. They seek each other out. They unite. Happy! But they share other than 50-50. The rich want 100% so the foregoing to 0%. And then we-who 100% - do have the poor ....
You're in good hands! Trust in politics. Welcome the Paternalism.
The father of the child undressing.
The question of what it's all we did was natural and social contribution to third world countries.
As long as we 'example' give our interpretation of divide, so will the world follow. Do not be surprised if it stays.
C'est la Vie!
Rezza @: You're right Rezza. CSR is not feasible but similar target at least not to sink further