Looking good and doing good : corporate philanthropy and corporate power
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Looking good and doing good : corporate philanthropy and corporate power
（Philanthropic studies）
Indiana University Press, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
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: pbk ISBN 9780253211033
内容説明
"Highly recommended!" -New Directions in Philanthropy
". . . clearly written, well-structured, and amply documented . . . Himmelstein's study vividly portrays the complicated, contradictory relationship of corporate philanthropy to the corporation . . ." -Choice
". . . this interesting and thought-provoking book should prove valuable to those interested in corporate philanthropy, as well as to those interested in the general position and power of business in American society" -Organizations
". . . a discerning and nuanced historically-informed and ethically-framed sociological portrayal of the culture of corporate philanthropy. Elegantly conceived, gracefully written, and pertinent to the concerns of both scholars and practitioners . . . essential reading for anyone seriously interested in the public role of business in our turbulent times." -ARNOVA News
" . . . a fascinating account of the action behind the scenes in corporate giving." -Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
Although American corporations give away several billion dollars a year to a range of philanthropic causes, this practice has come under fire recently, especially from the Right, because of grants to Planned Parenthood and other "liberal" public policy groups. Looking Good and Doing Good examines why corporate philanthropy has become politicized, how corporations respond to controversy, and what the conflicts tell us about corporate philanthropy and corporate politics.
目次
1. Introduction: Hanging Up on Planned Parenthood
2. The Making of Corporate Philanthropy
3. "A Wonderful Job": The Workaday Worldview of Corporate Philanthropy
4. "The Struggle between Looking Good and Doing Good": The Dilemmas of Corporate
Philanthropy
5. Corporate Philanthropy under Fire I: Planned Parenthood
6. Corporate Philanthropy under Fire II: The Capital Research Center
7. Corporate Philanthropy and Corporate Politics
8. Conclusion: An Economic Act with Social and Political Dimensions
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: cloth ISBN 9780253332370
内容説明
American corporations give away several billion dollars a year to a range of philanthropic causes with the hope of improving their public images among consumers, employees, and the general public. They certainly don't try to be political or controversial. Nonetheless corporate philanthropy has come under fire in recent years, especially from the Right, because of grants to Planned Parenthood, Hispanic groups, innovative art, and 'liberal' public policy groups. "Looking Good and Doing Good" examines why corporate philanthropy has become politicized, how corporations respond to controversy about their donations, and what the conflicts tell us about corporate philanthropy and corporate politics. Himmelstein argues that corporate giving sometimes becomes politicized because it is inherently a complex social and political act.He thus uses political controversy as a lens through which to closely examine corporate philanthropy. Drawing on in-depth interviews with managers at 55 of the largest corporate giving programs in the U.S., the book develops three main arguments.
First, corporate giving often finds itself, as one manager put it, locked in a 'struggle between looking good and doing good'. That is, rather than being a simple assertion of either corporate interest or philanthropic benevolence, it bears a complicated, contradictory relationship to the corporation. Second, no corporate giving program is an island.Individual programs are embedded in an extensive network of inter-corporate relations and participate in a culture of corporate philanthropy. This culture consists of a shared set of understandings about how philanthropy can serve corporate interests, to whom donations should be made, and how giving programs should be orgainzed. Third, although ostensibly apolitical and nonideological, corporate philanthropy is part of corporate politics in the broad sense, the way that large corporations manage their relationships to government and to other major institutions. Implicit in it is a broad understanding to the place of large corporations in American society and a strategy for securing that place.
目次
1. Introduction: Hanging Up on Planned Parenthood 2. The Making of Corporate Philanthropy 3. OA Wonderful JobO: The Workaday Worldview of Corporate Philanthropy 4. OThe Struggle between Looking Good and Doing GoodO: The Dilemmas of Corporate Philanthropy 5. Corporate Philanthropy under Fire I: Planned Parenthood 6. Corporate Philanthropy under Fire II: The Capital Research Center 7. Corporate Philanthropy and Corporate Politics 8. Conclusion: An Economic Act with Social and Political Dimensions
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