Modern Manors
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Modern Manors
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Author : Sanford M. Jacoby
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1998-12-14
Modern Manors written by Sanford M. Jacoby and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-12-14 with Business & Economics categories.
In light of recent trends of corporate downsizing and debates over corporate responsibility, Sanford Jacoby offers a timely, comprehensive history of twentieth-century welfare capitalism, that is, the history of nonunion corporations that looked after the economic security of employees. Building on three fascinating case studies of "modern manors" (Eastman Kodak, Sears, and TRW), Jacoby argues that welfare capitalism did not expire during the Depression, as traditionally thought. Rather it adapted to the challenges of the 1930s and became a powerful, though overlooked, factor in the history of the welfare state, the labor movement, and the corporation. "Fringe" benefits, new forms of employee participation, and sophisticated anti-union policies are just some of the outgrowths of welfare capitalism that provided a model for contemporary employers seeking to create productive nonunion workplaces. Although employer paternalism has faltered in recent years, many Americans still look to corporations, rather than to unions or government, to meet their needs. Jacoby explains why there remains widespread support for the notion that corporations should be the keystone of economic security in American society and offers a perspective on recent business trends. Based on extensive research, Modern Manors greatly advances the study of corporate and union power in the twentieth century.
Modern Manors
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Author : Sanford M Jacoby
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-01-01
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In light of recent trends toward corporate downsizing and debates over corporate responsibility, historian Sanford Jacoby offers a timely, comprehensive history of 20th-century welfare capitalism, that is, the history of nonunion corporations that look after the economic security of employees. Based on extensive research, MODERN MANORS greatly advances the study of corporate and union power in the 20th century.
Roaring Metropolis
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Author : Daniel Amsterdam
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2016-03-11
Roaring Metropolis written by Daniel Amsterdam and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-11 with History categories.
Debates about poverty and inequality in the United States frequently invoke the early twentieth century as a time when new social legislation helped moderate corporate power. But as historian Daniel Amsterdam shows, the relationship between business interests and the development of American government was hardly so simple. Roaring Metropolis reconstructs the ideas and activism of urban capitalists roughly a century ago. Far from antigovernment stalwarts, business leaders in cities across the country often advocated extensive government spending on an array of social programs. They championed public schooling, public health, the construction of libraries, museums, parks, and playgrounds, and decentralized cities filled with freestanding homes—a set of initiatives that they believed would foster political stability and economic growth during an era of explosive, often chaotic, urban expansion. The efforts of businessmen on this front had deep historical roots but bore the most fruit during the 1920s, an era often misconstrued as an antigovernment moment. As Daniel Amsterdam illustrates, public spending soared across urban America during the decade due in part to businessmen's political activism. With a focus on three different cities—Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta—and a host of political groups—organized labor, machine politicians, African American and immigrant activists, middle-class women's groups, and the Ku Klux Klan—Roaring Metropolis traces businessmen's quest to build cities and nurture an urban citizenry friendly to capitalism and the will of urban capitalists.
The Law Quarterly Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
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The Rise And Fall Of Corporate Social Responsibility
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Author : Douglas M. Eichar
language : en
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Release Date : 2015-08-31
The Rise And Fall Of Corporate Social Responsibility written by Douglas M. Eichar and has been published by Transaction Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-31 with Business & Economics categories.
Corporate social responsibility was one of the most consequential business trends of the twentieth century. Having spent decades burnishing reputations as both great places to work and generous philanthropists, large corporations suddenly abandoned their commitment to their communities and employees during the 1980s and 1990s, indicated by declining job security, health insurance, and corporate giving. Douglas M. Eichar argues that for most of the twentieth century, the benevolence of large corporations functioned to stave off government regulations and unions, as corporations voluntarily adopted more progressive workplace practices or made philanthropic contributions. Eichar contends that as governmental and union threats to managerial prerogatives withered toward the century’s end, so did corporate social responsibility. Today, with shareholder value as their beacon, large corporations have shred their social contract with their employees, decimated unions, avoided taxes, and engaged in all manner of risky practices and corrupt politics. This book is the first to cover the entire history of twentieth-century corporate social responsibility. It provides a valuable perspective from which to revisit the debate concerning the public purpose of large corporations. It also offers new ideas that may transform the public debate about regulating larger corporations.
The Law Quarterly Review
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Author : Frederick Pollock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The Law Quarterly Review written by Frederick Pollock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Law categories.
The Disposable American
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Author : Louis Uchitelle
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-04-10
The Disposable American written by Louis Uchitelle and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-10 with Business & Economics categories.
Layoffs have become a fact of life in today’s economy; initiated in the mid 1970s, they are now widely expected, and even accepted. It doesn’t have to be that way.In The Disposable American, award-winning reporter Louis Uchitelle offers an eye-opening account of layoffs in America–how they started, their questionable necessity, and their devastating psychological impact on individuals at all income levels. Through portraits of both executives and workers at companies such as Stanley Works, United Airlines, and Citigroup, Uchitelle shows how layoffs are in fact counterproductive, rarely promoting efficiency or profitability in the long term. Recognizing that a global competitive economy makes tightening necessary, Uchitelle offers specific recommendations for government policies that would encourage companies to avoid layoffs and help create jobs, benefiting workers, corporations, and the nation as a whole.
World S Economic And Commercial Geography
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Author : Dr. Haridas B. Jogdankar
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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World S Economic And Commercial Geography written by Dr. Haridas B. Jogdankar and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Twenty Two Of The Churches Of Essex Architecturally Desoribed And Illustrated
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Author : George Buckler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1856
Twenty Two Of The Churches Of Essex Architecturally Desoribed And Illustrated written by George Buckler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1856 with categories.
The Oxford Handbook Of Business And Government
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Author : David Coen
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2010-02-25
The Oxford Handbook Of Business And Government written by David Coen and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-25 with Political Science categories.
Business is one of the major power centres in modern society. The state seeks to check and channel that power so as to serve broader public policy objectives. However, if the way in which business is governed is ineffective or over burdensome, it may become more difficult to achieve desired goals such as economic growth or higher levels of employment. In a period of international economic crisis, the study of how business and government relate to each other in different countries is of more central importance than ever. These relationships have been studied from a number of different disciplinary perspectives - business studies, economics, economic history, law, and political science - and all of these are represented in this handbook. The first part of the book provides an introduction to the ways in which five different disciplines have approached the study of business and government. The second section, on the firm and the state, looks at how these entities interact in different settings, emphasising such phenomena as the global firm and varieties of capitalism. The third section examines how business interacts with government in different parts of the world, including the United States, the EU, China, Japan and South America. The fourth section reviews changing patterns of market governance through a unifying theme of the role of regulation. Business-government relations can play out in divergent ways in different policy and the fifth section examines the contrasts between different key arenas such as competition policy, trade policy, training policy and environmental policy. The volume provides an authoritative overview with chapters by leading authorities on the current state of knowledge of business-government relations, but also points to ways in which this work might be developed in the future, e.g., through a political theory of the firm.