There's a lot of similarities between BC Corps and economy of communion businesses. And I think it's totally possible that an economy of communion business could find BC Corp certification valuable a value added, you know, if they if they wanted to do that. Um because BC Corp certification has a cache in the public sphere that people know about, you know. Um economy of communion is wonderful, but it's very informal. BC Corp certification is very formalized. You've got third party certification, you've got verification.
Um it's just not what we're about in the economy of communion, you know. So just two very different styles. So that's just to say like, okay, I don't think there's anything incompatible between economy of communion and BC Corp, right? But um it seems to me that BC corps are organizations oriented around the just production of goods and services. So just in terms of like um just to the environment, just to their workers, just to their communities, right?
And um that's good. That is excellent. Um, but I think economy of communion adds a different dimension. There's a there's a dimension that goes beyond justice into gift. And the economy of communion wants to live out gift and reciprocity and gratuitity in the firm. Not just to give people what they are owed, which is essential and necessary and should never be neglected, but to manifest also grace in the midst of the business and to find ways in which to incorporate gift into the economy.
Um, they also seek they're also seeking the transformation of the economy as a whole, right? They see themselves as a small seed like the mustard seed that is growing, right? That's a different window onto what you're doing. That you're planting a seed here that is going to ultimately grow and transform the broader economy.
