A finalist for the 2020 SIM Best Book Award, this book examines corporate citizenship through the inter-organizational relationships between a public American doctoral research university and six of its corporate partners. The author discusses why US corporations engage as corporate citizens in relationships with higher education institutions and gauges the ethical concerns that may arise from such relationships. As governments continue to cut funding, support from individuals and corporations becomes continually more important. This research contributes to the corporate citizenship literature by providing a broad, holistic discussion to understand the range of motives and ROI expectations of corporate engagement in the American society as evidenced by inter-organizational relationships with higher education. This book is useful to provide both researchers and practitioners in corporations and higher education with insights to better design and manage inter-organizationalrelationships.

First book to examine the behavioral aspects of the relationship between higher education and corporate entities Framed by Cone's (2010) corporate citizenship spectrum Explores key issues and recent legislation providing more transparency and accountability

Autorentext
Morgan R. Clevenger is an award-winning professor and researcher. Clevenger is Professor of Management and Post-doctoral Fellow in Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Business Ethics at Monarch Business School, Switzerland, and is erstwhile tenured Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership at Wilkes University, USA. His present research interests include corporate citizenship, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems and communities, organizational behavior, family business, and nonprofit management.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Organizational Theories and an Overview of Research Findings.- 2. Research Methods.- 3. Higher Education's Motives for Corporate Support.- 4. Corporate Motives for Supporting Higher Education.- 5. Ethics, Behavioral Expectations, and Realities.- 6. Contexts for Inter-organizational Engagement: Societal Concerns, Government Behavior, and Other Findings.- 7. The Complexity of Inter-organizational Relationships: Cross-unit Analysis, Discussion, and Implications.