How is the Concept of Social Firm Accepted in Japan: Through Scoping Reviews

Abstract

In recent years, the way people work and live has changed drastically in Japan, and the connections and support of people in the local community have diminished. From now on, it is important to create a new community where "working" and "living" are adjacent to each other when considering the creation of a community, and this research focused on Social Firm. First, we will summarize the definition and outline of Social Firm that originated in Europe. Next, we conducted a scoping review of the literature on Social Firm in Japanese research journals and clarified the acceptance of the Social Firm concept in Japan. The result is (1) one of the social enterprises for the purpose of employment of persons with disabilities, (2) Employment targets are focused on persons with mental and intellectual disabilities, (3) Recognize diversity and have an equal relationship as colleagues who work together, (4) Not only create employment, but also tackle issues in the local community and consciously create connections with the local community. It became clear. In particular, the content shown in (4) is emphasized in Japanese social firm practice and is suggested as a feature of concept acceptance.