The capitalist system is based on companies, with the sole objective of maximizing the benefits of them for their accionistas.Sin however, social enterprises aim to get benefits for people who come into contact with their activity, they must generate profits, but investors do not receive the support short-term to any material benefit, but eventually recover their initial investment.
Social enterprises do not offer charity, are companies in every way and must recover its costs and expenses, while profit from operations to repay the money to investors and to promote projects long-term social benefit of poor people or society in general.
The cooperative effort is emerging as a more humane to workers and consumers join forces to manage a social enterprise for the benefit of all.
The cooperative came in response to the exploitation of the poor by greedy entrepreneurs, therefore, the cooperative should be aimed at helping the poor or to generate other social benefits. However if you fall into greedy hands, cooperatives can become systems that control the economy for the benefit of a person or group, rather than help society in general. When a cooperative loses sight of its original social objectives, goes on to become, in practice, into a more capitalistic system.
surpluses obtained, ie the difference between the cost price and selling price, are distributed in proportion to transactions and not in proportion to invested capital. Higher spending, more saving, this means that services should be based cooperatives to offer its members the lowest possible price and get the biggest savings in the use thereof.
The cooperative is a tool that allows communities and groups involved to achieve the common good. Participation is given by continuous daily work, with the collaboration and solidarity.
The main characteristic of a social economy enterprise cooperatives, mutual societies, associations, labor companies ...- not the kind of activity engaged but acting techniques they use, ie unlike capitalist firms, these companies are based on the principles of solidarity, autonomy and democratic participation, where relations between the partners are based on criteria of equity and solidarity in economic goals and increasing primacy of profit in capitalist societies . Here, workers become entrepreneurs and main contribution is precisely his own work.
Cooperative Values \u200b\u200b
The Cooperative as a proposal that seeks the common good of a group of people who are associated and organized into a company to reach a goal, guided by the following values:
• Mutual Aid: The group takes a cooperative maintains a supportive relationship, individual work based on the common goal.
• Liability: All persons who form a cooperative group to be fulfilled are always the work they deserve. Never allowed the team's achievement stand had postponed a task.
• Democracy: The highest authority within a cooperative group is meeting at the Assembly of all members. Decisions are made together.
• Equality: All members of a cooperative group have the same rights and duties. The allocation of positions has an end but there are cooperative special privileges.
• Equity: The cooperative members always behave in a fair and equitable, meaning that the recognition of the work of each partner is the basis for smooth running of a company cooperative.
• Solidarity: The cooperative always ready to give support to others. It is never indifferent to injustice or, the trampling of human dignity.
Cooperative Principles
cooperatives put their values \u200b\u200binto practice from the basic principles of cooperation. Principles that underpin the work of cooperatives as guidelines for their operation.
basic principles of cooperatives are contained in Article 2 of the General Law of Cooperative Associations.
These are:
a) "Operate according to the principles of open and voluntary membership, and therefore, with unlimited number of partners.
b) "Operating on the principle of democratic control, which implies the equality of rights and obligations of partners, and thus to each member carries a single vote, irrespective of their economic participation."
c) "not be subject to financial resources fixed and predetermined duration."
d) "Distribute surplus among its members in proportion to the services received by them, the labor union or staff that they supply. "This means that the profits of the cooperative, if the Assembly decides to be distributed will be assigned according to each partner's participation in the generation of these surpluses, according to the work that has contributed or use their services.
e) "Work in accordance with the principle of limited interest on capital." This means that the distribution of surplus is guided by the work contributed by each partner and not by the capital provided.
f) "Make their economic activities through their own efforts and mutual aid partners, the immediate profit and mediate their community. "
g) "Operating on the principle of political and religious neutrality."
h) "To promote the education of their partners."
As we have seen, the cooperative seeks to develop the MAN, with the value of cooperation, equality, justice, respect and working together.
could say that cooperatives as social enterprise is the good side of unbridled capitalism "(the so-called economy with a human face or business ethics) Its members must be men and women educated, because education is the basis for transforming citizens, and that the knowledge gained will lead you to have greater political and social culture for the common good.
understand why, it is from schools where they should promote the teachings of the cooperative, and we must educate children with a comprehensive social trend for tomorrow, a values-based education in entrepreneurship Social people to think beyond the maximization of shareholder value and preserving the environment, science, politics and spirituality.
Cooperative would like to express that we must always remember the essence of the original doctrine of the cooperative, which is to build institutions based on values \u200b\u200band principles which seek to support the human being in need and the benefits resulting from a transparent are to support projects that benefit society and not to a person or group.
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