A Future for Everyone

Innovative Social Responsibility and Community Partnerships
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-94452-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

The original essays in this timely collection discuss the many ways to foster innovative and unprecedented collaborations leading to more effective partnerships between major institutions and corporations to poor and disenfranchised communities. Many of today's pressing issues are covered in-depth: bridging the digital divide; community reinvestment; university and corporate partnerships; and corporate responsibility.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maurrasse, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction, David Maurrasse I. A Corporate Environment in Transition? Chapter 1: Socially Responsible Business: Global Trends, Jonathan Cohen Chapter 2: Social Responsibility as a Professional Virtue: Law, Bourdieu, and Community, Osagie Kingsley Obasogie Chapter 3: Environmental Results: Corporations, Financial Markets and Environmental Sustainability, Frank Dixon II. Case Studies and the Philanthropic Paradox Chapter 4: Community Voices: A National Initiative to Improve the Health of Underserved Communities, Allan J. Formicola, Walid Michelen, Sandra Harris Chapter 5: Working Together: Corporate and Community Development, Carol Glazer Chapter 6: Latino Nonprofits: The Role of Intermediaries in Organizational Capacity Building, Aida Rodriguez, Joseph A. Pereira, and Shana Brodnax Chapter 7: Spending Policies for Foundations: The Case for Increased Grants Payout, Perry Mehrling III. Ideas and Information/Power and Access Chapter 8: The Digital Divide: Communities and Technology, Tyshammie Cooper Chapter 9: The Media and Social Responsibility: Building Public Will for Change, Heather Bent Tamir Chapter 10: The Future for Economically Distressed Community-Higher Education Partnerships, David N. Cox, Melissa Pearce Conclusion, David Maurrasse About the Authors

Über Autor(innen)

David Maurrasse is Assistant Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is the Director of the Center for Innovation in Social Responsibility and was formerly the Senior Program Advisor for the Community Building Program Area at the Rockefeller Foundation. He is the author of Beyond the Campus (Routledge, 2001)