Social Entrepreneurship: Fairphone Smartphone Case Study

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Executive summary
The report is about social entrepreneurship with its main focus on Fairphone smartphone a
Netherlands based company which practices the same. It begins with a brief but informative
introduction which enlightens on the case study. This is followed by a literature review which
entails the traits and challenges of a social entrepreneur. After that is a brief conclusion in
terms of a summary of the whole report and recommendation. Finally, are the references from
which the information used in the report was sourced.

Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Literature review........................................................................................................................5
Characteristics and traits of social entrepreneurs...................................................................5
Challenges facing social entrepreneurship.............................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

Introduction
Entrepreneurship can be defined as the starting of a business or undertaking a financial risk
with the aim of making a profit. On the other hand, social entrepreneurship differs in
entrepreneurship in that it aims at making profits with the aim of making a positive impact on
the society, that is; cultural, social or environmental. (Phillips, et al, 2015). This report
focuses on Fairphone Smartphone which is Netherlands based company which is a social
entrepreneurial business. The current CEO of the company is Bas van Abel. Unlike other
smartphone companies, Fairphone Smartphone aims at manufacturing phones which are
ethical and sustainable. (Akemu, Whiteman, and Kennedy, 2016). This means the company
aims at using recycled materials in production and the basis of its foundation which is
curbing the use of “conflict materials” from the DRC to manufacture mobile phones. The
report covers the characteristics and traits of social entrepreneurs and the challenges they face
based on Fairphone Smartphone.