Maurrasse A Future for Everyone

Innovative Social Responsibility and Community Partnerships
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-1-135-94488-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

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 Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialprognosen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Futurologie (Interdisziplinär)

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)