You Make the Call
Social Entrepreneurship at Its Finest
1.
What environmental events and forces have led to
the existence of organizations such as Mercy
Corps?
2.
In what ways does Mercy Corps interact with its
environment in order to fulfill its mission?
3.
Discuss how the economic, global, and ethical
environments interact with respect to an organiza-
tion like Mercy Corps.
4.
If you were asked to critique Mercy Corps in terms
of effectiveness, what factors would you focus on?
ENDNOTES
1
Mercy Corps, “What We’re Doing in Haiti,” January 23, 2010,
www.mercycorps.org accessed on July 30, 2013; Mercy Corps,
“Our History,” 2012, www.mercycorps.org accessed on July 30,
2013; Roger Burks, “Change Brewing in the Tea Lands,” Mercy
Corps, April 9, 2008, www.mercycorps.org accessed on July 30,
2013; Mercy Corps, “Sudan,” 2012, www.mercycorps.org
accessed on July 30, 2013; Mercy Corps Indonesia, 2012, http://
www.mercycorps.org/indonesia accessed on July 30, 2013; Roger
Burks, “Responding to Niger’s Latest Hunger Crisis,” Mercy
Corps, July 23, 2010, www.mercycorps.org accessed on July 30,
2013; USAID, “USAID Helps Drought-Affected Niger with First
Award under the Emergency Food Security Program,” press
release, June 17, 2010, www.usaid.gov accessed on July 30, 2013;
Wahyu Nugroho, “Farmers in Timor-Leste Store Up for a Better
Future,” Mercy Corps, March 22, 2011, www.mercycorps.org
accessed on July 30, 2013.
2
See Jay B. Barney and William G. Ouchi, eds., Organizational
Economics (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1986), for a detailed
analysis of linkages between economics and organizations.
3
See, for example, “Political Pendulum Swings toward Stricter
Regulation,” Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2008, pp. A1, A11; see
also “Changing Safety Rules Perplex and Polarize,” USA Today,
February 5, 2009, pp. 1B, 2B; and Nina Easton and Telis Demos, “The
Business Guide to Congress,” Fortune, May 11, 2009, pp. 72–75.
4
For example, see Susanne G. Scott and Vicki R. Lane,
“A Stakeholder Approach to Organizational Identity,” Academy
of Management Review, 2000, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 43–62.
5
Richard N. Osborn and John Hagedoorn, “The Institutionaliza-
tion and Evolutionary Dynamics of Interorganizational Alliances
and Networks,” Academy of Management Journal, April 1997,
pp. 261–278. See also “More Companies Cut Risk by Collaborat-
ing with Their ‘Enemies,’” Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2000,
pp. A1, A10.
6
“GM, Ford Team to Develop 10-Speed Transmission,” USA
Today, April 16, 2013, p. 2B.
7
The Best & Worst Boards,” BusinessWeek, October 7, 2002,
pp. 104–114. See also Amy Hillman and Thomas Dalziel, “Boards
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