合作社是什么？
每个（iveryone）的定位是互联网用户合作社。大家关于合作社这个概念可能比较陌生，所以银零去国际合作社联盟（International Co-operative Alliance）的官网上找到了相关的介绍。
银零的英文比较差...通过借助翻译软件与查阅相关词条与论文倒腾了半天勉强完成了官网上关于“合作社是什么”的内容部分的翻译，比较拙劣还请见谅。以下是全文，后会附上英语原文。
合作社是什么？
合作社是由成员们所拥有、控制和管理运营来满足他们共同的经济、社会与文化的需求与抱负的自治联合体。
合作社以一种民主和平等的方式将劳动群众联合在一起。在合作社中，无论成员是客户、员工、用户还是居民，都是通过“一人一票”规则进行民主管理的。凡是入社的社员，不论投入多少股份在企业中，均享有平等的投票权。
由于经济行为以价值观而不仅仅是利润为动力，合作社致力于传播国际通行原则，并通过合作的形式共同行动来建设一个更美好的世界。世界各地的合作社将公平、平等与社会公正置于企业的核心，联合人们共同努力建立能够创造长期繁荣就业机会的可持续性企业。
合作社使人们能够控制他们的经济未来，并且由于合作社不为股东所有，合作社活动的经济和社会利益仍然保留在建立合作社的人们手中。产生的收益会重新投资于企业或者回馈给成员们。
合作社运动远远不是一种边缘现象，地球上至少12%的人类是全世界的300万个合作社中某个合作社的成员。
请阅读《关于合作社界定的声明》，内容包括合作社的定义、合作社的价值观以及七项合作原则。
查看国际合作社联盟关于合作社、传统企业和非营利性组织之间差异的说明报告。
What is a cooperative?
Cooperatives are people-centred enterprises owned, controlled and run by and for their members to realise their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations.
Cooperatives bring people together in a democratic and equal way. Whether the members are the customers, employees, users or residents, cooperatives are democratically managed by the 'one member, one vote' rule. Members share equal voting rights regardless of the amount of capital they put into the enterprise.
As businesses driven by values, not just profit, cooperatives share internationally agreed principles and act together to build a better world through cooperation. Putting fairness, equality and social justice at the heart of the enterprise, cooperatives around the world are allowing people to work together to create sustainable enterprises that generate long-term jobs and prosperity.
Cooperatives allow people to take control of their economic future and, because they are not owned by shareholders, the economic and social benefits of their activity stay in the communities where they are established. Profits generated are either reinvested in the enterprise or returned to the members.
The cooperative movement is far for being a marginal phenomenon, at least 12% of humanity is a cooperator of any of the 3 million cooperatives on earth.
Read the Statement on the Cooperative Identity which contains the definition of a cooperative, the values of cooperatives, and the seven cooperative principles here.
Look at an International Cooperative Alliance fact sheet on the differences between cooperatives, conventional enterprises and non-profit organisations.
参考资料：
1. 国际合作社联盟官网：https://www.ica.coop/en
2. MBA智库百科词条：合作社
3. MBA智库百科词条：合作经济
4. 百度百科词条：合作社
5. 百度百科词条：合作经济
6. 中国知网论文：杭州电子科技大学人文与法学院-吴彬—《合作社是什么——基于对国际合作社定义、价值及原则的重新解读》
