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In recent years, social impact assessment (SIA) has become an important issue for organizations in the social and solidarity economy (SSE). SIA refers to the measurement of the effects of these organizations on society, and it is increasingly seen as a performance measurement for this type of organization. Social Impact in Solidarity-based Organizations is based on a series of original case studies of SIA approaches carried out in a variety of organizations. It takes a nuanced, reflective look at SIA, charting a path between unreserved promotion and wholesale rejection of the very principle of the approach. The book focuses on the debates, uses and limits of SIA practices, placing them in their own contexts, values, challenges and objectives.

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Author:   Julien Kleszczowski (University of Lille, France) ,  Nathalie Raulet-Croset (Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France)
Publisher:   ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:  

9781786309754

ISBN 10:   1786309750
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   26 June 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction ix Julien KLESZCZOWSKI and Nathalie RAULET-CROSET Chapter 1. Co-Construction of an Assessment Process by and for Organizations in the Social and Solidarity Economy 1 Charlotte MOREAU, Helena SADZOT and Sybille MERTENS 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. Contextualization 2 1.3. The VISES project 3 1.3.1. Description of the VISES project 3 1.3.2. Choice of the action research approach 5 1.4. Action research project outcome: a social impact assessment process 8 1.4.1. A three-step process 9 1.4.2. Specific characteristics of the VISES social impact assessment process 14 1.5. Conclusion 22 1.6. References 24 Chapter 2. Appropriate and Appropriated Social Impact Monitoring Tools for Social Enterprises 27 Coralie HELLEPUTTE and Odile DAYEZ 2.1. Introduction 27 2.2. Literature review 28 2.2.1. Management tools in the social impact assessment of social enterprises 28 2.2.2. The tensions around management tools in social enterprises 29 2.2.3. The opportunities of management tools in social enterprises 30 2.2.4. The appropriation of management tools in social enterprises 31 2.3. Methodology 33 2.3.1. The case study 33 2.3.2. Data collected 33 2.3.3. Analytical frameworks 34 2.4. Presentation and analysis of the tool 35 2.4.1. The context of the introduction of the social impact reporting tool 35 2.4.2. The (initial) process of co-constructing the tool 38 2.4.3. Content and actual use of the tool 39 2.5. Discussion: lessons learned about appropriation of the tool 42 2.6. Conclusion 45 2.7. References 46 Chapter 3. Assessment as a Socio-Political Compromise: Case Study of a Crèche Chain 51 Marion STUDER 3.1. Introduction 51 3.2. Assessment conventions in the social and solidarity economy 52 3.2.1. The theoretical framework of the economics of conventions 52 3.2.2. The ""managerial"" and ""deliberative"" assessment conventions 54 3.3. Social impact assessment at Berceau 58 3.3.1. A chain of parental crèches ""not like the rest"" 58 3.3.2. Composite organization of Berceau’s assessment 61 3.4. Conclusion 69 3.5. References 70 Chapter 4. Assessment Logics of Social Innovation Projects: Case Study of a Social Impact Bond 73 Adrien BAUDET, Mathias GUÉRINEAU and Julien KLESZCZOWSKI 4.1. Introduction 73 4.2. The issues at stake in assessing social innovation from a perspective of funding and upscaling 75 4.2.1. An innovative tool for funding social innovation: SIBs 75 4.2.2. Assessing the social impact of social innovation projects 77 4.3. Research methodology and empirical context 78 4.3.1. Research methodology 78 4.3.2. The SIB between Jobactive and the various stakeholders 79 4.3.3. The various steps in the construction of the SIB 82 4.4. The construction of a social impact assessment process in the context of an SIB 83 4.4.1. The functions of the mechanism: the objectives of the process 84 4.4.2. Criteria and indicators: how to measure the achievement of objectives 84 4.4.3. Contractual objectives of the SIB 85 4.4.4. Definition of the target audience 86 4.4.5. Methods of collecting the data required for the assessment 88 4.5. Case study analysis: an imbalanced assessment 89 4.5.1. An assessment that does not fully address the relevant issues 89 4.5.2. The reasons for the imbalance in the assessment process 90 4.5.3. Two different assessment logics 92 4.6. Conclusion 93 4.7. References 94 Chapter 5. Social Impact Assessment in an Environment of Extreme Poverty: The Case of Access to Drinking Water 99 Guillaume MARTIN and Thierry CÔME 5.1. Introduction 99 5.2. The challenge of assessing the impact of a social enterprise in an environment of extreme poverty 101 5.2.1. Multidimensional poverty: ""Think about it three times"" 101 5.2.2. A complex impact assessment process 104 5.3. The social enterprise 1001fontaines in rural Cambodia 105 5.3.1. Presentation of the social enterprise 1001fontaines in Cambodia 105 5.3.2. 1001fontaines’ environment in Cambodia 108 5.3.3. Safe drinking water access in rural areas and systemic impact on poverty 109 5.4. Assessing the social impact of 1001fontaines in Cambodia 111 5.4.1. A diversity of partners and operational difficulties in conducting the assessment 111 5.4.2. The economic impact assessment: socially effective and sustainable microenterprises in Cambodia's villages 112 5.4.3. Impact assessments on health and absenteeism 115 5.4.4. Occurrence of natural disasters and importance of assessing the model's resilience to climate change 116 5.5. Discussion 120 5.6. Conclusion 121 5.7. References 122 Chapter 6. Assessing SSE Organizations: A Relational Approach Constitutive of Value 127 Elena LASIDA, Hélène DUCLOS, Augustin GILLE, Julien KLESZCZOWSKI, Juliana LIMA and Emmanuelle BRIAND 6.1. Introduction 127 6.2. The limits of existing approaches to assessing social impact 129 6.2.1. An instrumental rationality conveyed by the existing approaches to social impact assessment 129 6.2.2. The rationale underlying SSE organizations: a combination of instrumental action and constitutive action 130 6.3. The assessment of SdC's social impact 131 6.3.1. Case study: the social impact assessment process of the SdC association 132 6.3.2. Phase one of the process: qualification of the social impact of SdC via the definition of a core value 134 6.3.3. Phase two of the process: quantification of the social impact of SdC 140 6.3.4. Phase three of the process: learning strategy -- appropriation of the outcomes by SdC 142 6.4. Approaching assessment through relational value 143 6.4.1. Social impact: a relational conception of value 144 6.4.2. The assessment method implemented: ingredients of a socio-anthropological approach 147 6.5. Conclusion 151 6.6. References 153 List of Authors 157 Index 159

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Julien Kleszczowski is Senior Lecturer of Management Science at IAE Lille (LUMEN Laboratory), University of Lille, France, where he heads up the master's degree program in Management of SSE Organizations. His thesis focused on social impact assessment of non-profit organizations. Nathalie Raulet-Croset is Professor at the IAE Paris-Sorbonne (IAE Paris-Sorbonne Lab), Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France, where she heads up the mutations anticipations innovations chair and the executive master's degree program in Management of Non-profit Organizations.

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