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Discussion Questions
1. What is a hybrid organization? How does it differ from a typical nonprofit or profit- seeking organization?
2. Compare and contrast the two major logics that organization members might hold in a hybrid organization.
3. How might mission drift hurt the performance of a social enterprise?
4. Do you personally embrace a commercial logic or a social welfare logic? Why do you think you hold to that perspective?
5. Why would a social enterprise be better able to maintain a strong social welfare purpose by choosing other like-minded organizations with which to collaborate?
6. What do you think would happen if a hybrid organization focused on profit goals to the exclusion of social goals? If vice-versa? Explain.
7. Is it reasonable to expect that managers can measure their social and environmental performance with the same accuracy as they measure financial outcomes when using a triple bottom line approach?
8. A survey found that 69 percent of MBA students view maximizing shareholder value as the primary responsibility of a company. How would that philosophy fit into a hybrid organization?
9. There is research evidence to suggest that employees are happier working for a company that provides them with opportunities to contribute to environmental sustainability. Why do you think this would be the case?
10. Explain the concept of conscious capitalism. Do you think managers and companies that espouse this kind of shared value approach are more likely to behave in socially responsible ways?