Corporate community involvement in the San Francisco Bay area

Article Abstract:

This article summarizes a study of corporate community involvement in the San Francisco Bay area conducted under the auspices of the Program in Business and Social Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. The study entailed research on 67 of the largest companies and subsidiaries based in the Bay Area and interviews with both managers responsible for community activities and CEOs. The study addressed corporate employee volunteer programs as well as philanthropic donations of cash, goods, and services. The older, larger companies, based primarily in San Francisco and Oakland, tend to devote more resources to community programs than do the newer firms, based primarily in the Silicon Valley counties. The philanthropic programs of the newer firms tend to be more closely related to their business activities. Also, the older firms tend to bemore active in network organizations related to philanthropy and community involvement than the newer firms. The high-technology Silicon Valley firms, however, are active in local industry organizations, which do consider community issues. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Social aspects, Research, Analysis, Corporations, Charities, Public relations, San Francisco, California, Community relations, San Francisco

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Business ethics: new perspectives on old problems

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This article traces the historical roots of some of our current preoccupations with the ethics of business. It argues that many of the contemporary criteria that we use to evaluate the ethics of business are not new; rather, they date back several centuries. This argument is illustrated by comparing historical and contemporary discussions of three sets of issues: the relationship between ethics and profits, the relationships between private gain and the public good, and the tension between the results of capitalism and the intentions of businessmen. The fact that these tensions are inherent in the nature of capitalism, if not human nature itself, does not make our contemporary concerns or standards any less valid. On the contrary, it underlies their significance. Contemporary discussions of business ethics constitute part of an ongoing moral dialogue with both deep secular and religious roots. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

History, Ethical aspects, Business ethics, Capitalism

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Selling American medical equipment in Japan

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The medical equipment industry, once a source of American trade strength, is now showing a deficit in U.S.-Japan sales. While trade barriers and exchange rates have adversely affected American medical equipment sales in Japan, they are not the complete or even the primary explanations underlying trade patterns. What is interesting about this sector is that American sales of medical equipment have been increasing in Japan. The deficit has occurred because American purchases of Japanese goods have risen even faster. It is important that this innovative industrial sector improve sales in Japan. This article discusses the unique features of Japanese public policies toward the regulation and sale of medical equipment and analyzes successful corporate strategies for increasing sales in Japan. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

United States, Japan, International aspects, Japanese foreign relations, United States foreign relations, Medical equipment and supplies industry, Medical equipment industry

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