This study investigated the opportunities and risks for social impact investments (SII) to improve housing and homelessness outcomes in Australia. It described what social impact investing is and its application to housing and homelessness policy in Australia, as well as examined different...

This paper explores how political institutions use language in social policy to control and naturalise understanding of key social issues and practices. Specifically, I address the impact of blurred discourses and the exploitation of a cultivated ambiguity surrounding social entrepreneurship...

This paper presents the findings from a small study of social enterprise governance in the United Kingdom, taking a case study approach to uncover the experiences of internal actors who are involved in their board-level management. The study took a qualitative constructionist approach, focusing...

Research is needed to unlock the mysteries of ethical culture and investigate the ways in which it impacts on employees (Collier and Esteban, 2007). Our paper responds to this call. Its focus on codes of ethics recognizes the increasing importance of the topic (Svensson et al., 2006) – and the...

This paper seeks to address recent concerns that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is ineffective in conceptualising and delivering the needs of organisational stakeholders. In so doing, we contribute to knowledge in this field by re-conceptualising CSR that takes into account the role of...