Social enterprises are created specifically to provide permanent jobs, competitive wages, career tracks and ownership opportunities for people who are disadvantaged, whether it be mentally, physically, economically or educationally. The author of this book, John DuRand of Minnesota Diversified Industries, created the concept in 1973 and simultaneously emphasized the importance of a blended work force. The employees for an affirmative business might include people who are developmentally disabled, chronically mentally ill, recovering substance abusers, former convicts, visually impaired, physically challenged, or grappling with some other disadvantage. In the United Kingdom, an affirmative business is known as a “social firm.”

Softcover: 284 pages
Publisher: MDI Press
Language: English
ISBN: 0-9628206-0-1
Copyright ©: 1990 by the MDI Press
Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 2 cm