Leadership
Case 4.1: The Body Shop and Indigenous Entrepreneurs Q1) How difficult is it to develop enterprises in isolated areas? In this case study, the development of these approaches has been a sometimes difficult road for The Body Shop with initial Indigenous community mistrust and complex inter-community relations (Dugas, DuBrin & Frederick, 2011).
It is rather difficult to develop organisations in isolated areas when the Legal Ownership is against the Indigenous Ancestral Lands (Barrios, 2008). For instance in the recent years, the Indigenous people’s rights have gained recognition globally and have perceived through the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People by the United Nations. Henceforth, it has increase the difficulty in obtaining resources (Barrios, 2008).
Besides that, the societal and peer pressure has led to some reputation issues (Dugas, DuBrin & Frederick, 2011). But on the other hand, it is nearly impractical to operate such businesses. In order to support and promote indigenous entrepreneurship successfully, it is relatively important to distinguish the factors that either promote or obstruct entrepreneurial endeavours (Barrios, 2008). Q2) Why do we say that economic participation is the building block to equal rights?
‘Economic participation’ refers to a range of ways in which people contribute to and participate in the life of their community (Dugas, DuBrin & Frederick, 2011).
It is said that the economic participation is the building block to equal rights because without any form of economic participation, the Indigenous people and the Native Tribesmen are classified as ‘insignificant’ among the flourishing society and their culture are in danger of fading away (Yohe & Tol, 2002). In addition, the Indigenous people increase their bargaining power for empowerment and it enables the Indigenous people to bid for specific manufacturing contracts (Yohe & Tol, 2002).
In this case study, The Body Shop have donated
It is rather difficult to develop organisations in isolated areas when the Legal Ownership is against the Indigenous Ancestral Lands (Barrios, 2008). For instance in the recent years, the Indigenous people’s rights have gained recognition globally and have perceived through the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People by the United Nations. Henceforth, it has increase the difficulty in obtaining resources (Barrios, 2008).
Besides that, the societal and peer pressure has led to some reputation issues (Dugas, DuBrin & Frederick, 2011). But on the other hand, it is nearly impractical to operate such businesses. In order to support and promote indigenous entrepreneurship successfully, it is relatively important to distinguish the factors that either promote or obstruct entrepreneurial endeavours (Barrios, 2008). Q2) Why do we say that economic participation is the building block to equal rights?
‘Economic participation’ refers to a range of ways in which people contribute to and participate in the life of their community (Dugas, DuBrin & Frederick, 2011).
It is said that the economic participation is the building block to equal rights because without any form of economic participation, the Indigenous people and the Native Tribesmen are classified as ‘insignificant’ among the flourishing society and their culture are in danger of fading away (Yohe & Tol, 2002). In addition, the Indigenous people increase their bargaining power for empowerment and it enables the Indigenous people to bid for specific manufacturing contracts (Yohe & Tol, 2002).
In this case study, The Body Shop have donated
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