N5 Entrepreneurship


Although starting your own business is your right, it does not give you the right to interfere with other people’s rights. Worker exploitation, such as inhuman working conditions and child labour, are therefore not acceptable. The mere fact that people are desperate and prepared to work under such conditions does not justify such activities.


Furthermore, the actions of starting a business imply interaction with people and other scarce resources like water, clean air, plants and animals. This creates a responsibility, since your business has no exclusive right to something that is our national heritage and affects other people.


Societies in general and ours in particular reflect many inequalities. The reasons could be:


• Mental retardedness You cannot make a good living because of a biological factor beyond your control.


• Discrimination You are denied rights and opportunities because of what you are i.e. you are a woman, black or gay.


• Poverty You cannot attend or start something because you can’t afford it or you don’t have the knowledge (lack of schools).


• Geographical factors The place where you live does not have the infrastructure and facilities needed.


The above-mentioned arguments suggest that people, who own a profitable business are in a beneficial position. This implies that they have certain responsibilities towards those who are in a less fortunate position. This is true if we accept that all of us should work towards a better society, which represents a developmental approach to society.


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Activity 5 Write down the key words that describe social responsibility. Business’s social responsibility Social Responsibility


Employees


Customers


Environment


Community


If we accept that a business has a social responsibility, the question is to whom? The following four areas are recognised as areas to which a business has a responsibility:


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