5. 「社會企業主要是透過經營事業來達成社會公益目標, 並將商業營運所獲得的利益,再投資於所欲達成的社 會目標或是社區之中,而不是為企業股東與所有者的 利益極大化而存在。」
(a social enterprise is a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners.) (DTI, 2002)
寬廣的政策定義