A finalist for the 2020 SIM Best Book Award this book examines corporate citizenship through
the inter-organizational relationships between a public American doctoral research university
and six of its corporate partners. The author discusses why US corporations engage as corporate
citizens in relationships with higher education institutions and gauges the ethical concerns
that may arise from such relationships. As governments continue to cut funding support from
individuals and corporations becomes continually more important. This research contributes to
the corporate citizenship literature by providing a broad holistic discussion to understand
the range of motives and ROI expectations of corporate engagement in the American society as
evidenced by inter-organizational relationships with higher education. This book is useful to
provide both researchers and practitioners in corporations and higher education with insights
to better design and manage inter-organizational relationships.
