Corporate Involvement in Community Economic Development: The Role of U.S. Business Education

This article reports a study of how leading U.S. business schools incorporate one important dimension of corporate citizenship—corporate involvement in community economic development (CI/CED)—in their curricula and programs. Corporate citizenship, or social responsibility, is shown to have several i...

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Published in:Business & society 2002-06, Vol.41 (2), p.208-241
Main Authors: Wood, Donna J., Davenport, Kimberly S., Blockson, Laquita C., Van Buren, Harry J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business
Business and education
Business Society Relationship
Commercial education
Community Development
Corporations
Economic Development
Educational sector
Graduate Schools
Social responsibility of business
United States
United States of America
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Summary:This article reports a study of how leading U.S. business schools incorporate one important dimension of corporate citizenship—corporate involvement in community economic development (CI/CED)—in their curricula and programs. Corporate citizenship, or social responsibility, is shown to have several important and unexpected locations in business education. In addition, the authors develop a rationale forwhy and howspecific topics such as CI/CED as well as the general topic of corporate citizenship are appropriate for business school attention.
ISSN:0007-6503
1552-4205
DOI:10.1177/0007650302041002004