The activity we did in class was really fun! It made me think of ways how both sides will benefit throughout efficient negotiations. This time it was simple using oranges and chocolates(snake eggs), however, what the society as a whole is lacking right now is this win-win situation. If all companies and countries apply this in real life situations, that will solve many of the issues this current world is struggling in present such as poverty, global warming etc.
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Social business. Social business is a business that works for the social collective good. This whole concept was created by a Bangladeshi university professor Muhammad Yunus who created the famous Grameen Bank. In short, he came up with a whole new idea of banking called microfinance which lends money for the poor who were previously excluded from borrowing money. His concept was innovative saving many lives, and a number of leaders look up to him ever since this concept came out.
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Another social business company that I really like is Table For Two. This company created a system that when a person in a developed nation buys a Table For Two product, a partial amount of the price is given to developing nations which equals for one meal. A meal made by the Table For Two that is served for the people in the developed nations is more nutritious and healthier than other meals. Therefore, this creates a win-win situation. People in the developed nations are able to get healthier food which will solve many of the problems of obesity and other types of disorders related to over-consumption of food, whereas people in the developing nation are able to receive a free meal which enables them to do away with starvation.
Creating a win-win situation is not easy. However, it is probably the best way to solve many of the problems that this world is coping with right now:)
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If you are really interested in social business, or social entrepreneurship, let me know. I worked briefly with a Japanese woman last summer who is a leading figure in social entrepreneurship work in Japan. I can find out her more if you want.
ReplyDeleteI'm quite interested in this field so it would be interesting if you can tell me more about her!
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I never knew about the Bangladeshi professor and his idea and how successful it was but is the table for two really a win win situation?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you now know about Muhammad Yunus :)
DeleteWhy is it that you think table for two is not a win win situation?
Yup, the previous classes with treats were amazing! You mentioned about how our world today lacks these win-win situations but I believe that such methods are extremely difficult to apply or achieve when conflicts involves more people, such as poverty. As the negotiation task we had over the last bicycle, I believe little or much compromise is necessary in dealing with such complicated problems that has been unsolved for a long period of time.
ReplyDeleteAs you said, without any doubt to realize a win win situation in a large scale issue such as poverty is extremely hard. However, I think that poverty is not a problem we look as a whole. The problem is huge but if you look the internal part of it, it is made up from tiny individual issues that are tangled up. The Grameen Bank also started targeting only a few young women at first and eventually grew to a big bank, and there are many businesses that succeed in making win win situations in smaller scales. Therefore, making win win situations in individual scales might be the key for solving large problems like poverty.
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