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Learning, Practice,Results. In Good Company
Weathering the storm
The State of Corporate Citizenship in the United States 2009
www.BCCorporateCitizenship.org
Boston College
Center for Corporate Citizenship
Social Reporting
case studies
About the survey
The 2009 State of Corporate Citizenship in the United States isthe fourth biennial survey of the attitudes and actions of seniorexecutives in small, medium and large businesses regarding corporatecitizenship. The previous three surveys, conducted in 2003, 2005and 2007, found that executives view corporate citizenship as afundamental part of doing business but often allow aspirations tooutpace actions.The 2009 survey explores in greater depth the challenges of integratingcorporate citizenship into core business practices and how tougheconomic times have impacted these practices. For the rst time wealso explore how executives view new public policy challenges andtheir reaction to public expectations for better regulation of business.We thank The Hitachi Foundation for its generous support of thisfourth biennial State of Corporate Citizenship survey and to thebusiness executives and contributors who made this report possible.Chris PinneyDirector, Research and PolicyBoston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
www.BCCorporateCitizenship.org
Learning, Practice,
Results
. In Good Company
State of Corporate Citizenship 2009
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2 Foreword4 Key highlights5 Survey methodology and goals7 Context for corporate citizenship in the United StatesThe State of Corporate Citizenship 20099 Weathering the economic storm11 Attitudes of executives21 Actions38 Citizenship gap between large and small companies42 The future of corporate citizenship44 References
Table of contents
Research Team
Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
Lead Researcher:
VeselaVeleva,Sc.D.
Principal Investigator:
BradleyGoogins,Ph.D.
Contributors:
ReneCarapinhaPeggyConnollyPhilipMirvis,Ph.D.ChristopherPinneyRyanRaffaelli
Production staff:
AllisonLeeSharonSabinTimWilson
The Hitachi Foundation
BarbaraDyerMarkPopovich
© Copyright 2009 Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. All rightsreserved. This publication was prepared by Boston College Center for CorporateCitizenship and may not be reprinted without permission of the research team.
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