POSCO: Conglomerate-led social enterprise in South Korea

• Main Authors: CHANG, Dae Ryun, SPROULE, Kevin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Steel Industry; Social Enterprise; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/6; https://cmp.smu.edu.sg/case/2651
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This case focuses on the social enterprises at POSCO, one of the leading steel makers in the world. POSCO, founded in 1969, has spearheaded social business endeavours initially in its home country of South Korea and later abroad. Its latest social business project is its “social enterprises.” In 200...