Selling Social

Procurement, Purchasing, and Social Enterprises

Jennifer Sumner, Andrea Chan, Annie Luk, Jack Quarter (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

306 Seiten

2023
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-2450-0 (ISBN)

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Drawing on Canadian case studies, Selling Social offers insight into the successes and challenges regarding social procurement and social purchasing from the perspective of social enterprises.

Since the 2010s, all levels of governments in Canada have gradually initiated social procurement as a policy tool to further their social values and political agendas. Social enterprises of various shapes and sizes across the country have served as partners in the execution of those agendas. Selling Social examines the experiences of these enterprises in social procurement and social purchasing.

Selling Social presents the findings of a three-year Canadian research project detailing experiences of work integration social enterprises (WISEs) selling their goods and services to organizational purchasers, including governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations. Drawing on survey findings and interviews, the book explores a diverse group of social enterprises from across Canada, showcasing their successes and their challenges based on real-life examples to aid social enterprises that are considering this path. The book emphasizes the importance of including social and environmental considerations in procurement and purchasing decisions, particularly at larger scales and through public policy. In doing so, Selling Social extends the understanding of social enterprises beyond their social and economic outcomes and into the broader movement towards responsible procurement and purchasing.

Jennifer Sumner teaches in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education and is coordinator of the Adult Education and Community Development Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Andrea Chan is a research associate at the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering at the University of Toronto. Annie Luk is a sessional instructor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Jack Quarter was a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Selling Social
Andrea Chan, Shelley Lepp, Annie Luk, Jack Quarter, and Jennifer Sumner

Part I: Overview of Non-profit Social Enterprises, Social Procurement and Social Purchasing

1. Literature Review
Andrea Chan, Shelley Lepp, Annie Luk, Jack Quarter, and Jennifer Sumner

2. Procurement and Purchasing Policies for Social Value by Governments in Canada
Rachel Laforest and Annie Luk

3. A Pan-Canadian Survey of Social Enterprises
Andrea Chan, Annie Luk, Shelley Lepp, Laurie Mook, Marty Donkervoort, Rachel Laforest, Gordon M. Djong, Arielle Vetro, and Jack Quarter

Part II: Securing Large Contracts Through Relationship Building

4. BUILD Inc.
Marty Donkervoort and Art Ladd

5. SARCAN Recycling: A Division of SARC
Andrea Chan

6. Ever Green Recycling
Yasmin Hariri

7. EMBERS Staffing Solutions
Marty Donkervoort and Marcia Nozick

Part III: The Importance of Parent Organizations

8. Social Crust Café & Catering
Yasmin Hariri

9. ImagineAbility Inc.
Marty Donkervoort and Audra Penner

10. Wachiay Studio
Yasmin Hariri

11. Diversity Food Services
Marty Dondervoort and Kirsten Godbout

12. Rainbow’s End Community Development Corporation
Annie Luk and David Williams

Part IV: The Dilemma of Selling Social Value

13. Let’s Work Atlantic and Market Wizards
Annie Luk

14. Ethnicity Catering
Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand

15. Horizon Achievement Centre
Annie Luk and Carol Pendergast

16. Calgary Progressive Lifestyles Foundation
Jennifer Sumner

17. Stone Hearth Bakery
Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand

Part V: Balancing Multiple Bottom Lines

18. The Groupe PART (Programmes d’Apprentissage au Retour au Travail)
Rachel Laforest

19. Harbourview Training Centre
Anika Roberts-Stahlbrand

20. Challenge Disability Resource Group
Annie Luk and Jillian Hardie

21. Services and Housing In the Province (SHIP)
Andrea Chan and Shirley Hannigan

22. LOFT Kitchen
Jennifer Sumner

Conclusion: Selling Social: Future Directions
Laurie Mook

About the Authors

Erscheinungsdatum	06.02.2023
Zusatzinfo	8 b&w figures, 3 b&w tables
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 226 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-4875-2450-1 / 1487524501
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-2450-0 / 9781487524500
Zustand	Neuware