Talking with Business. The Views of 101 Top Executives of Smaller Businesses on Their Role in Supporting Non-Profit Activities and Partnerships with Schools.

Autor/in	Carroll, Barry J.
Institution	Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Titel	Talking with Business. The Views of 101 Top Executives of Smaller Businesses on Their Role in Supporting Non-Profit Activities and Partnerships with Schools.
Quelle	(1985), (46 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Business Responsibility; Corporate Support; Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; Employer Attitudes; Incentives; Industry; Interviews; Motivation; Private Financial Support; School Business Relationship; School Support; Small Businesses; Social Services + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Anreiz; Industrie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Private Investition; Schulförderverein; Kleingewerbe; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste
Abstract	A study identified motivations and disincentives for business philanthropy among 101 small and medium-sized corporations operating nationwide, as revealed through interviews conducted with their executives from March through August 1984. Discussions identified several principal incentives to encourage corporate support of community services and education: tax incentives, public recognition for corporate efforts, clear communication of community needs and priorities, and leadership by various levels of government. Principal disincentives to corporate involvement were administrative time and costs, adverse economic conditions, drawing of resources from the firm's main business activities, and difficulty of measuring and monitoring results. Factors that recently influenced business philanthropy were businesses' endorsement of a broad concept of social responsibility, federal encouragement of greater private sector involvement, and concern about the inadequate development of basic skills among entry workers. For many, the marginal cost of giving, in after-tax dollars, had a major effect on the inclination to make contributions. Another large segment said they would be unaffected. Public policy implications and recommendations for federal, state, and local government units were identified. (The interview protocol and 12 references are appended.) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC