PHIL 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Business, Social Capital
23 Jul 2015
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Civil society organizations include pressure groups, non-governmental organizations, charities, religious groups and other private, non- profit distributing organizational actors that are neither business nor government institutions and are involved in the promotion of societal interests, causes and/or goals. Ex: animal rights, child protection, social welfare etc. Rather than its members or wider public, cso"s represent the environment. Environment is a non-human entity and therefore cannot speak for itself. Are mainly delineated as stakeholders on the grounds that they represent some broader, if less tangible, constituency of civil society itself. Cso"s form part of the license to operate for companies. Sectional groups include trade unions, prof. associations, student bodies, neighborhood groups, and parent associations. Are member-based and primarily seek to represent the interests of their members. Membership is only open to those fulfilling certain objective criteria. Promotional groups are focused on promoting specific causes or issues. Include environmental groups, anti-smoking groups, and pro-life groups.
