Benefit Corporation Legislation: An Opportunity for Kansas to Welcome Social Enterprises

The last decade has been marked with corporate scandals. From Enron to the subprime mortgage crisis, the BP oil spill to the Massey Energy mine explosion, Americans have become increasingly disillusioned with corporations. 1 At a time when unemployment rates are high and many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, the mere mention of “corporate America” brings to mind images of Wall Street fat cats lining their pockets with the hard-earned money of the less wealthy. Protestors involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement brought home the frustration and discontent with the “business as usual” attitude as they took to the streets to speak out against the traditional corporate culture of profit above all else. 2