Corporate Evolution: From NGOs and Social Enterprises to ‘Good Companies’

• Main Author: Singapore Management University
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: World Toilet Organisation (WTO); social responsibility; sanitation; corporate responsibility; good companies; Business Administration, Management, and Operations; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Nonprofit Administration and Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/pers/33; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=pers

Frequently seen as an alternative to the realities of hardcore corporate life, social entrepreneurship and its emphasis on giving back to society after a life of abundance, may well become a thing of the past, along with Non Government Organisations (NGOs), which often act as watchdogs of corporate and government policy and practice. Both will likely transition into and underpin new ‘good companies’. At least that’s the view of leading Singapore social entrepreneur, Jack Sim, the founder of the World Toilet Organisation (WTO).