An idea, practice, or material artifact perceived as new by the relevant unit of adoption, e.g., a company

Feelings of or a sense of ownership

Jobs that pay a living wage and offer stability, benefits, and a real path to build wealth, not just an hourly rate. Employee ownership is one way owners try to turn ordinary jobs into quality ones.

An examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy.

Replicable, out-of-the-box worker-owned businesses that provide a pathway to work for DREAMers and undocumented individuals.

The employees at a company who are Black, Latino, Asian, Indigenous, or otherwise people of color. Some employee-ownership funds focus on businesses whose workforces are mostly people of color.

The Davis-Bacon Act requires that all contractors and subcontractors performing construction, alteration excess of $2,000 pay their laborers and mechanics not less than the prevailing wage and fringe benefits

Common stock is not just a piece of paper—or, these days, a digital entry—but a ticket to ownership in a company

Workers whose household income sits at or below the middle of the range for their area. Community lenders and grant programs often use this measure to decide who a program is meant to reach.

Any change of the portion of equity or debt components of a company's balance sheet with the intent to change the equity owned by an EO Plan (such as ESOP or EOT)

Unique considerations for "union shop" ESOP companies

Jobs to be Done is a framework published by Clay Christensen. It can be used to create offerings that people truly want to buy by understanding the job the customer is trying to get done.

Non-extractive finance flips the power relationship of lender and lendee, making sure that a borrower will never be worse off after working with a lender than before working with them.