The For-Profit Prison as Social Enterprise: Problems with Classification and Ethical Assessment

Authors

• Karen Barbee, University of West FloridaFollow
• Stephen A. LeMay, University of West FloridaFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2019

Copyright

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Abstract

This article explores the problems presented to taxonomies and definitions of social enterprise by a specific kind of organization, for-profit prisons. While these organizations are often and rightly criticized for their performance, they are fundamentally social enterprises by many of the definitions and taxonomies offered in the literature. This analysis uses a naïve matrix for classifying social enterprise to outline the problems created by these ethically and socially challenged organizations.

About the Authors

Karen Barbee, Director, Council on Aging MBA Student, University of West Florida

Stephen A. LeMay University of West Florida

DOI

10.20429/amtp.2019.54

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Barbee, Karen and LeMay, Stephen A., "The For-Profit Prison as Social Enterprise: Problems with Classification and Ethical Assessment" (2019). AMTP Proceedings 2019. 54.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/amtp-proceedings_2019/54