Looking good and doing good : corporate philanthropy and corporate power / Jerome L. Himmelstein.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Himmelstein, Jerome L.
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1997], ©1997.
Series:Philanthropic studies.
Subjects:
Corporations > Charitable contributions > United States.
Social responsibility of business > United States.
Physical Description:xi, 185 pages ; 25 cm.
Variant Title:
Looking good & doing good. [Spine title]
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Hanging Up on Planned Parenthood
  • 2. The Making of Corporate Philanthropy
  • 3. "A Wonderful Job": The Workaday Worldview of Corporate Philanthropists
  • 4. "The Struggle between Looking Good and Doing Good": The Dilemmas of Corporate Philanthropy
  • 5. Corporate Giving under Fire I: Planned Parenthood
  • 6. Corporate Giving under Fire II: The Capital Research Center
  • 7. Corporate Philanthropy and Corporate Politics
  • 8. Conclusion: An Economic Act with Social and Political Dimensions.