posted on 2023-05-18, 12:06authored byM Edwards, Onyx, J, Hazel Maxwell, Darcy, S
Social impact measures are not widely agreed, nor implemented by third sector organisations. Meso level indicators of social impact are underdeveloped. Financialised methods such as Social Return on Investment can only account for direct outcomes of defined programs and activities. The broader societal impacts of any such activities are undervalued. This paper outlines the findings of a grounded theoretical approach to determining measures of social impact within a large Australian iconic third sector organisation. Several key factors revealed in this study are discussed in regards to their potential for attributing social impact to organisational activities outside of a program specific outcome. Based on these findings the paper concludes that the development of a tool to measure meso level organisational social impact of third sector organisations may be attainable.
History
Publication title
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: an interdisciplinary journal
Volume
4
Pagination
18-37
ISSN
1837-5391
Department/School
School of Health Sciences
Publisher
University of Technology, Sydney * UTS ePress
Place of publication
Australia
Rights statement
Copyright 2012 The Authors. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)