The United Nations is an organization that promotes world peace, security, and friendly relationships among its 193 member states. The organization focuses on improving the lives of poor people, conquering diseases and illiteracy, and encouraging nations to work together. The Arc Initiative works to make connections which facilitate a genuine exchange of knowledge and business skills between Sauder students and business people in various locations around the world.

We would still need the Arc Initiative and other social enterprise programs if the United Nations was fully funded because of the differences between the two organizations. Where the UN is focused more on world peace and solving problems on a very large scale, Arc focuses on specific organizations in specific areas of the world developing a two-way knowledge exchange. I believe that the Arc initiative would still be necessary because of the mutual beneficiality that the program provides. Not only do the business people in rural areas benefit from the first-world business techniques that Sauder students, professors, and alumni can provide, they can also share business knowledge from their society which could potentially help the economies of both countries. Both nations benefit from this initiative and strong relationships are built along the way.