사회적경제기본법(안)의 사회적경제 및 사회적경제조직의 정의에 관한 연구

Abstract

The Social Economy Basic Law (draft) has been proposed five times in the 21st National Assembly. The social economy is considered to have the attributes of economic activities that have organizational democracy and autonomy internally and pursue various values and purposes externally. However, according to the legislative bills proposed in the 21st National Assembly, the definition of social economy includes contents such as reciprocal cooperation, reciprocity and solidarity internally, but the main focus is on external activities such as the realization of social values rather than internal activities or organizations. As for the definition of a social economy organization, although it should be an organization with internal autonomous operation and democratic decision-making structure, the lawmakers' bill defines a social economy organization as a business organization that engages in business activities such as purchasing, producing, selling, and consuming goods and services while pursuing social values, and in fact does not mention the requirements for internal autonomy and democratic decision-making structure. As a result, the Social Economy Basic Act proposed by lawmakers has not been able to differentiate itself from the existing Social Enterprise Development Act and has not been enacted. Therefore, it is necessary to insert the contents of internal autonomy and democratic decision-making structure into the definition regulations so that the Basic Social Economy Act (Draft) is in line with the original meaning of social economy and social economy organizations, and to specify the contents of internal autonomy and democratic decision-making structure separately as requirements for social economy organizations in the legislation. It is expected that the original meaning of social economy will be reflected in the bill and the legislation will be smoothly implemented through the supplementation of the definition and the addition of requirements.