<p>Corporate social responsibility schemes have now become mainstream with large corporations such as Google, Microsoft and Coca Cola incorporating ethical initiatives into the core of their business structure.</p><p>Despite these advances, however, recent research has found that CSR schemes need to take a more political direction in order for the movement to progress and bring about fundamental change towards a more sustainable economy.</p><p>Social enterprise is a budding sector a third of social enterprises in the UK are three years old or younger. Also, with an average financial backing of 58,000, social businesses tend to operate with limited funding, whereas international corporations undoubtably have the financial backing and global influence to truly make a difference.</p><p>If you would like to discuss whether corporate social responsibility schemes or social enterprises are a better way to make a difference join us on Thursday 13 March at 12-1.30pm, when we'll be debating the CSR model versus social business.</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2014/mar/06/corporate-social-responsibility-social-enterprise-live-debate">Keep reading...</a></p>