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Serve The Market, Save The World

by Mark Henricks
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MORE FUEL FOR YOUR SOCIAL DRIVE


If you want to learn more about social capitalism, Business for Social Responsibility is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that helps companies succeed commercially while behaving ethically toward the environment and its citizens. Call (415) 537-0890 or visit www.bsr.org.

The Social Venture Network is a 15-year-old nonprofit group that provides information and opportunities to network with like- minded entrepreneurs, investors, and others. Call (415) 561-6501 or visit www.svn.org.

Toronto-based Environics International provides results of many of its studies of consumer and corporate social responsibility on its Web site at www.environicsinternational.com.

Enterprising Nonprofits: A Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs, by J. Gregory Dees, Jed Emerson, and Peter Economy (John Wiley and Sons) is a how-to for organizations that are adapting entrepreneurial techniques to social objectives. The web site is at www.enterpris ingnonprofits.com. —

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