ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the interferences between the key concepts of entrepreneurship, innovation and responsibility in the different contexts of the public, semi-public and private sectors. Central to these interferences are the (monetary or social) value organisations want to generate and the ethical dilemmas that might emerge once the social effects of entrepreneurial activities are taken into account. The chapter reflects on the different transitions entrepreneurial thinking has gone through, the kind(s) of moral value that entrepreneurship creates and the entrepreneur as responsible agent. Three discussions and case studies are included which contain more detailed explications of, firstly, entrepreneurial practices and healthcare logistics in the healthcare sector; secondly, cities that adopt entrepreneurial tactics as they attempt to utilise sports events as marketing tools; and thirdly, social entrepreneurship as a practice in which actors from the private sector attempt to realise social goals through entrepreneurial means, for example volunteer tourism. Important ethical issues that emerge include the idea of fairness, the consequences of market forces determining decisions of social or personal importance (e.g. in dealing with someone’s health), and the idea of taking or attributing responsibility for the quality of life in society.
