Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Assignment
The social entrepreneurial venture that I chose is Uber Technologies Inc. It is an American technology company whose services include ride-hailing, food delivery, package delivery, couriers, freight transportation, and, through a partnership with Lime, electric bicycle and motorized scooter rental. Uber’s mission is to bring transportation — for everyone, everywhere. The vision of Uber is “Smarter transportation with fewer cars and greater access.” Uber aims to make transportation safer, cheaper, and more reliable. At the same time, it plans to create more job opportunities and higher incomes for drivers. Uber’s organizational structure has been traditionally highly hierarchical, with co-founder and CEO yielding tremendous power and micromanaging the ride-hailing giant.
Uber is not a company that only focus on profits. It attaches great importance to sustainability and continues offering more ways to ride green. For example, customers can now tap a button and request a ride in an electric or hybrid vehicle in select cities around the world. Each Uber Green trip in a hybrid or electric vehicle emits at least 25% less carbon emissions compared to the average Uber ride. Besides, Uber also aims to improve public services and provide job opportunities to citizens. It’s their goal to create an inclusive workplace and reflect the diversity of the cities that they serve—where everyone can be their authentic self and where that authenticity is celebrated as a strength. Uber believes that, by creating an environment where people from every background can thrive, they can make Uber a better company for both their employees and their customers. These are something that inspired me. I firmly believe that a corporation should not only focusing on its short-term profit, it should also shoulder the responsibility of protecting the environment and take action to help society to solve the problem of employment. So, I would love to invest in Uber, or become a customer of it.
Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship Assignment