사회적 기업의 가치제고를 위한 디자인 활용 연구

Social enterprise can help to promote economically self-sustaining and make-work for the weak and the vulnerable. It leads them to the labor market as well as it is to boost social welfare service. For these purposes, it has been funded by government in order to promote sustainable growth, self- reliance, and cost minimization method. Social enterprise is composed of four types of specified systems, job-offerings, social welfare services, community contributions, and integrated types. 555 companies have been recommended by metropolitan council or government as well as it was designated with the certification by minister of Employment and Labor. 445 companies are also operating as social enterprises with the certification. Social corporate welfare is still at an early stage. To achieve quantitative development, more than 3,000 companies expect to be appointed as social enterprise up to 2012. According to some existing studies, most of social enterprises are faced with a difficult situation. Besides, it rather depends on government and the local government support. Support direction is also in the beginning stage. Direct financial aids such as labor costs regarding employment are at the high rate because of quantitative development and small business to name a few. Given this, market competitiveness is the foremost part to ensure sustainability and self-reliance of social enterprise. So, I'll study the method that meets the requirements focused on design. Taken together, I try to find effective solutions from the relationship between social enterprise activities and design activities in terms of design applications.