On the Issue of Assessing the Social Impact of Social Entrepreneurship

Purpose of research. The purpose of the study is to develop a legal approach to assessing the social impact of such a phenomenon as social entrepreneurship. In accordance with the current legislation, social entrepreneurship is carried out in order to solve certain acute social problems facing society. There is an urgent need to assess to what extent this activity solves the task, in other words, to determine the level of social impact exerted by the category of social entrepreneurs. Currently, the current regulatory legal acts do not contain criteria for such an assessment. Conclusions. The analysis of certain types of social entrepreneurship and the current procedure for recognizing small and medium-sized businesses as social enterprises allowed us to identify quantitative indicators characterizing the social impact of certain types of social entrepreneurship. In addition, quantitative and qualitative indicators are proposed that can be used to evaluate those social enterprises whose activities cannot be evaluated on the basis of so-called "obvious" quantitative indicators. It is concluded that it is necessary to submit a report on the social impact of a small or medium-sized business entity applying for inclusion in the register of social entrepreneurs.

social entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized entrepreneurship, social impact, socially significant effect, legislation, indicators, assessment