Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a business strategy that refers to the intersection of profit and providing social value. This positive way of doing business is becoming more and more used by customers, investors, employees, and CEOs alike.

Here at the Ballard Social Impact Center, we use specific terminology when referring to the results produced by an Social Problem Solving Organization (SPSO)

What does it mean to love the problem more than the solution?

Eighty percent of Social Problem Solving Organizations (SPSOs) only measure what they do. They don’t measure the change that needs to occur in people's lives.

The social impact cycle is a continuous, virtuous cycle that if followed will lead an organization in creating better interventions that solve the negative consequences of the social problem better.