Benefit Corporation (B Corp) Hierarchy Organogram

Explore the design of a Benefit Corporation through a hierarchy organogram. This guide offers insights and examples on crafting your own chart. Show the structure of your business in a clear, visual format.

What is a B Corp Hierarchy Organogram?

A B Corp hierarchy organogram is a visual representation of the hierarchy of a benefit corporation. It shows the hierarchy of the benefit corporation in a vertical layout, detailing the relationships between different elements. There three broad categories of org charts: company structure charts, management charts, and hierarchy charts. A B Corp hierarchy organogram is a type of company structure chart.

Why Use a B Corp Hierarchy Organogram?

The organogram can serve a variety of uses. Common use cases include due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, compliance, and governance. Instead of a single organogram, you can create variations with different labels and data for specific purposes.

This hierarchy organogram is made with Lexchart, a powerful org chart software that simplifies the process of creating and customizing organograms.

How to Create a B Corp Hierarchy Organogram?

Before creating a organogram there are several important considerations. B Corp hierarchy organograms differ from management org charts in important ways. The number of items, connections and layout are orders of magnitude more complex. It is imperative to work with org chart software that is designed to handle that complexity.

There are fundamentally two ways to create a benefit corporation hierarchy organogram: from scratch or from a data import.

Creating a Benefit Corporation Hierarchy Organogram from Scratch

Each application has its own way of creating a organogram from scratch. Lexchart has a powerful chart tool which makes the process simple.

Importing Data to Create a Benefit Corporation Hierarchy Organogram

Importing data is an efficient way to create a organogram. Lexchart supports importing data from CSV, which is available in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and most spreadsheet and database applications. The data should be structured as a series of pairwise relationships between a parent and child (subsidiary) entity.

Next Steps

Ready to create your own benefit corporation hierarchy organogram? Get started with Lexchart's free trial. You can also explore example organograms in our gallery.