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Social enterprises are debated over how to balance mission and commercial pressures and how to measure social impact, and sheltered workshops in particular are debated over disability rights and fair pay, with positions attributed.","purpose":"Let an agent explain social enterprises, relay models, legal forms, impact measurement and debates from social economy sources with positions attributed, describe the named forms, and distinguish social enterprises from charities, conventional businesses, cooperatives and corporate social responsibility programmes.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Social mission","Trading activity","Profit reinvestment","Varied legal forms"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a social enterprise is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a social enterprise, and how does it differ from charities, conventional businesses, cooperatives and CSR programmes?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about setting up an enterprise, which needs legal and tax advice for the chosen form?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"forms","name":"Forms","description":"Named forms.","findings":[{"id":"forms-finding","name":"Forms","description":"Forms.","questions":[{"text":"What are community benefit societies, social firms, insertion enterprises and sheltered workshops?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific form?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"models","name":"Models","description":"Legal forms.","layers":[{"id":"legal","name":"Legal","description":"Legal structures.","findings":[{"id":"legal-finding","name":"Legal","description":"Legal.","questions":[{"text":"What legal forms such as CICs and benefit corporations exist?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"finance","name":"Finance","description":"Social finance.","findings":[{"id":"finance-finding","name":"Finance","description":"Finance.","questions":[{"text":"How do social enterprises raise capital and grants?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"impact","name":"Impact","description":"Impact measurement.","layers":[{"id":"measurement","name":"Measurement","description":"Measuring impact.","findings":[{"id":"measurement-finding","name":"Measurement","description":"Measurement.","questions":[{"text":"How is social impact measured, and what do critics say about impact claims, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"driftt","name":"Mission","description":"Mission and profit.","findings":[{"id":"driftt-finding","name":"Mission","description":"Mission.","questions":[{"text":"How do social enterprises balance mission and commercial pressures?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits mission drift?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Work integration.","layers":[{"id":"wise","name":"WISE","description":"Work integration.","findings":[{"id":"wise-finding","name":"WISE","description":"WISE.","questions":[{"text":"How do work integration social enterprises employ disadvantaged people?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the information current?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"sheltered","name":"Sheltered workshops","description":"Disability debate.","findings":[{"id":"sheltered-finding","name":"Sheltered workshops","description":"Sheltered workshops.","questions":[{"text":"What do disability rights advocates and providers argue about sheltered workshops and pay, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral and attributed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe a social enterprise's mission, legal form and published impact reports.","Explain how legal forms for social enterprises differ between jurisdictions."],"mustNot":["Repeat a social enterprise's impact claims as verified when they are not.","Present an ordinary business as a social enterprise because it uses the label.","Disclose personal data about disadvantaged people employed or served by one.","Describe sheltered workshop employment without noting disability rights concerns where they apply."],"requiresHuman":["Recommending funding, investment or procurement from a particular social enterprise.","Judging whether an enterprise has drifted from its social mission."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Social enterprises often employ people with few other options; their dignity and pay matter.","Social labels attract customers and grants, which tempts overstatement."],"affectedParties":["Workers and beneficiaries","Donors and customers","Local communities"]},"owners":{"steward":"Its directors or members; the company or charity regulator of its jurisdiction holds the legal record.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Company and cooperative registers","Charity or community interest company registers"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q43229","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"organization","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"charitable organization","type":"related"},{"target":"cooperative","type":"related"},{"target":"corporate social responsibility","type":"related"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.social-enterprise","Wikidata: Q1071015 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071015)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["UK community interest company: introduced 2005 note","benefit corporation: first US state law 2010 note - Maryland","registry parent: organization note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Mission-driven trading organisation","Community Benefit Society, IndiArts Collective, sheltered workshop, insertion enterprise, social firm, socially responsible business","Charities may not trade primarily; conventional businesses maximise profit; cooperatives are member-owned; CSR is a programme within firms","Not a physical object; enterprises ranging from cafes to manufacturers with a social mission."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain models and legal forms","relay impact measurement","describe named forms","present debates with attribution"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Mission drift under commercial pressure","Overstated impact claims","Disability rights concerns in sheltered workshops"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Community interest company and benefit corporation laws","Social impact reporting frameworks","Disability employment and minimum wage laws"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Trading to achieve social or environmental goals.","community interest companies","cooperatives with social aims","work integration social enterprises","benefit corporations"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1071015: social enterprise","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071015","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Social enterprise","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_enterprise","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should work integration social enterprises be a separate entry?","How should impact measurement frameworks be linked?","How should sheltered workshop debates be presented?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1071015/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q1071015/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-14T01:45:57Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-06T19:51:53+00:00: completeness 1.00; 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