19世纪30年代,在法国首次出现了“社会经济”这一术语。到20世纪90年代,才出现了更加精确的“社会经济”概念,关于“社会经济”的理论研究和实践也得到了很大的发展。文章对社会经济的缘起、社会经济的当代定义进行了讨论,认为社会经济包括所有组织形态运行的经济活动,主要指合作社、社团和互助协会,其伦理标准包括对成员或当地社会的服务应优先于盈利;管理自治;实行民主决策机制;在盈余分配上奉行以成员及劳动为本而非以收入分配为本等原则。 For the first time in France, the term “social economy” emerged in the 1830s. By the 1990s, a more accurate concept of “social economy” emerged and theoretical research and practice on “social economy” have also been greatly developed. The article discusses the origin of the social economy and the contemporary definition of the social economy. It considers that the economic activities of the social economy, including the operation of all the organizations, mainly refer to cooperatives, associations and mutual aid associations. Their ethical standards should include priority to the services of members or local communities Profit-making; self-governance; democratic decision-making mechanism; adherence to the principle of member-based and labor-based rather than revenue-based distribution of earnings.