The government establishes laws and regulations for the vulnerable as Welfare needs for vulnerable groups like the disabled, etc. locally and abroad, are increasing socially. Welfare of Disabled Persons Act(WDP) has been established in 1989 to encoura...
The government establishes laws and regulations for the vulnerable as Welfare needs for vulnerable groups like the disabled, etc. locally and abroad, are increasing socially. Welfare of Disabled Persons Act(WDP) has been established in 1989 to encourage promotion of welfare and social participation of the disabled. Recently, Korea uses the concept, "The Firm for the Disabled (for encouraging the employment of the disabled)" firstly by establishing 「Promotion of Disabled Person's Enterprise Activities Act(PDPEAA)」 in 2005 to actively improve the economic status of the disabled and promote self-reliance. This study conducted in an effort to find solutions for the proposed problems. First, this study tried to find implications of the policy related to "The disabled Firms" overall by comparing with the corporate policies for the disabled of developed countries including Korea. Second, the reality of "The disabled Firms", status of the disabled through a sample survey of companies, CEO characteristics and entrepreneurship, the overall business environment and capacity were researched based on the opinions of experts to understand the reality of "The disabled Firms". Third, better policy alternatives were suggested to solve socioeconomic problems of "The disabled Firms" by reviewing limitations of 「Promotion of Disabled Person's Enterprise Activities Act(PDPEAA)」.
This study extracted samples through DB of Korean Disabled Entrepreneurs Association, Small and Medium Business Administration and each regional branch related to the? disabled for investigating the actual conditions of the "The disabled Firms" and suggesting political proposals. Among above DB, telephone inquiries of 1,418 disabled firms were conducted to check if it was really "The disabled Firm" and asked some questions, and then 200 companies were used in the actual analysis of the study. Based on above, it was analyzed such as business environment of "The disabled Firms", Characteristics of founder and the background of foundation(Environmental Response Characteristics, Psychological Characteristics, Behavioral characteristics, Procedural characteristics, etc.), difficulties of "The disabled Firms" management and efforts to overcome them, and satisfaction and importance of existing business environment and supporting policy. With analyzing the results of the actual conditions, the hardest things among difficulties of "The disabled Firms" are shown in funds and markets. So, policy alternatives related to "The disabled Firms" were suggested based on the analysis results of the actual conditions including funds and markets of "The disabled Firms".
These are the proposals for "The disabled Firms" to overcome such difficulties and finally become successful enterprises. First, CEO's passion and will are very important factor for "The disabled Firms". Second, if there are lack of capability such as fund or marketing, then "The disabled Firms" have to find alternatives actively to overcome. Third, to be successful in the market through extending new markets for increasing sales, "The disabled Firms" have to earn customers' faiths.
There some discussions about government alternative for "The disabled Firms". First, government branch has to find out who is the right maintained firm to be qualified for "The disabled Firms". Second, it needs to revise the definition of the "The disabled Firms" in the Promotion of Disabled Person's Enterprise Activities Act, which has lots of disputes.
Third, there are some alternatives of fund by government for "The disabled Firms": Unification of each government branch's supporting fund system for "The disabled Firms", providing approaching convenience about trust guarantee through regional credit guarantee foundations, considering the system for "The disabled Firms" that they can use policy fund at the right time. Fourth, policy alternative for marketing is to support some rates of public purchasing to "The disabled Firms".