In the age of globalization, where the function of the state is weakened and the power of the company is strengthened, South Korea fell into a difficult situation. After the economic crisis in 1997, the level of the welfare state has risen relatively, ...
In the age of globalization, where the function of the state is weakened and the power of the company is strengthened, South Korea fell into a difficult situation. After the economic crisis in 1997, the level of the welfare state has risen relatively, but the gap between the rich and the poor is growing and the social polarization is getting worse and worse. In addition, the labor insecurity of workers will be able to become worse due to the flexible labor market policy. On this background, the right for Social Enterprise 2007 and the right for Cooperative 2011 were put into force. Through the two organizational forms, it is trying to solve problems of the inadequate social welfare and employment. The social enterprise is regarded as an alternative to the traditional welfare system. But both political lines, which began in korea in the high expectations, do not really show any corresponding consequences. Although entrepreneurs manage passionately social enterprises or cooperative, their results are very low. To the extent that the two forms of organization are simply not concerned with the management ability or the passion of the individual entrepreneurs, but should be presumed to be civic participation, they are already exposed to the limit. The researchers want to try global trends and prospects, in the social situation that the social enterprise and cooperative in korea are not embedded. The researchers think that social economy and ethics for social economy are beyond the two organizations in the world society. The study presents the German case as a model. Firstly, the characteristics of the welfare state are mentioned in order to trace the social solidarity among the state and the German company and the civil society of Germany. In contrast to countries where the concept of the welfare state is used, the concept of the social state is used in Germany. In this concept, the meaning is suggested, not that the state intervenes actively in society, but that the autonomy of the company and the civil society is guaranteed. This concept, referred to as the principle of subsidiarity, shows that in Germany the precondition for the link among the state, enterprise and civil society was already established. The function of the state, which had been the minimum intervention, was further reduced after the neo-conservative government by Reagan and Thatcher in the beginning 1980 years and the neoliberal flow since 1990s. The German state, which was capable of becoming a function less than in the traditional social state, had to establish a cooperative relationship with the company and the civil society. Thus the social responsibility of companies or the social enterprise was emphasized. In Germany the question of the new economic ethics has been presented. The researcher draws attention to Uwe Schimank’s actor theory and Peter Ulrich’s Conception of Socio-Economic Rationality in the investigation of the new economic ethics. Ulrich claims the necessity of economic citizens in the civilized market economy, which in the age of globalization do not simply depend on the economic gain, but are concerned with economic activity according to the rational role. Schimank insists that the economic system is not simply operated by the money in the process, that the actors observe each other, compete with each other and negotiate with each other. The common point of these two theories will show that the interaction and solidarity of people will become increasingly important in the future. If such a new alternative is realized, the current social inequality could be mitigated.