Measuring the Integration of Social and Environmental Missions in Hybrid Organizations

Edward N. Gamble; Simon C. Parker; Peter W. Moroz

doi:10.1007/s10551-019-04146-3

Measuring the Integration of Social and Environmental Missions in Hybrid Organizations

Edward N. Gamble (Corresponding Author), Simon C. Parker, Peter W. Moroz

Business Management

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Abstract

This paper introduces a new typology and associated measure of social and environmental mission integration (SEMI) by conceptually framing a feature of hybrid organizations—the degree of integration of their revenue model and social–environmental mission. The SEMI measure is illustrated using a hand-collected sample of 256 North American Certified B Corporations. We explore the heterogeneity of SEMI scores by identifying external-facing correlates and demonstrate non-congruence with Certified B Corporation’s audit results. Overall, our findings advance existing knowledge of these hybrid organizations and how they balance their social–environmental missions with their economic objectives.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	271-284
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Business Ethics
Volume	167
Early online date	1 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04146-3
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020

Bibliographical note

The authors gratefully acknowledge the excellent suggestions of the Section Editor, Julia Roloff and the three anonymous reviewers. We also thank the many Certified B Corporations for their participation in this study. The first author acknowledges research support from the Initiative for Regulation and Applied Economic Analysis (IRAEA) at Montana State University.

Keywords

B Corps
Business models
Hybrid organizations
Social and environmental index
Typology
Voluntary audits

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