This article from the New-York Times talks about young social entrepreneurs and how they engage their friends and peers into building socially responsible companies. Before, it was all about charity and volunteering at different non-profits, today college students become a lot more ambitious in their desire to help. They start their own companies, work with large foundations and inspire a lot of other students. Read here on how they do it.

Article on USNews about Social Entrepreneurship. The article talks about start of Ashoka and how Bill Drayton was empowered to pioneer in the field of social entrepreneurship. Here it is.

Title: The Citizen Sector Transformed
Speaker: Bill Draydon
Organization: Stanford Center for Social Innovation
Duration: 42 minutes

Title:  Effective Management of Social Enterprises: Lessons from Businesses and Civil Society Organizations in Iberoamerica
Authors:   James E. Austin, Roberto Gutierrez, Enrique Ogliastri, Ezequiel Reficco
Publisher:  David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (June 30, 2006)
ISBN-13:  978-0674021235

Title:  Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategies from Oded Grajew and Ethos Institute
Duration:  47 minutes

Title: Civil Society in Global Governance: Strategies from Peter Eigen of Transparency International
Duration: 46 minutes

Title:  Ending Poverty:  The Citizen Sector Transformed- What it means For You
Duration:  42 minutes

Title:  Setting the Standards for the Global Economy: Strategies from Alice Tepper Marlin and Social Accountability International
Duration:  44 minutes

Title:  Champion for Accountability: The Story of Peter Eigen and Transparency International
Duration:  54 minutes

Title:  Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development
Author:  Jay Mitra
ISBN-13:  978-0415405164
Publisher: Routledge (January, 2009)