RT Journal Article
T1 Integrating Mission, Governance, and Generosity in Social Entrepreneurship: Insights from the Economy of the Gift
A1 Toledano Garrido, Nuria
A1 Zózimo, Ricardo
K1 Social entrepreneurship
K1 Social mission
K1 Social governance
K1 Ethics
K1 Economy of the gift
AB In social entrepreneurship research, social businesses have increasingly been cited as a proper conduit to solutions for pressing social problems to transform societies into better places. As a result, the ethics of social entrepreneurship is often assumed but not explicitly explained. In this article, we reflect on this view and offer an alternative to enrich the comprehension of ethics in this area. We draw on Ricoeur’s notion of the economy of the gift, which stresses the generosity that we put in our relationships with others to evaluate the ethicality of our actions. This approach brings fresh insights to judge the ethics in the social entrepreneurship field with an integrative approach that goes beyond what is considered to serve a social mission or adopting a social governance but considering the ethics of actions in the immediacy and singularity of each relationship and situation.
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2026
FD 2026
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/28194
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/28194
LA eng
NO Toledano N., and Zózimo R. (2026). Integrating Mission, Governance, and Generosity in Social Entrepreneurship: Insights from the Economy of the Gift. Voluntas: International Journals of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 1–9 https://doi.org/10.1017/S095787652600015X
NO We would like to express our gratitude to the editors and the three anonymous reviewers for their valuable feedback and guidance throughout the review process. Nuria Toledano acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Grant PID2022-141777NB-I00). Open access funding was provided by Universidad de Huelva / CBUA.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026