The Additional Enlightened Companies
Business and Corporation Engagement with Higher Education
ISBN: 978-1-78754-656-1, eISBN: 978-1-78754-655-4
Publication date: 14 January 2019
Citation
Clevenger, M.R. and MacGregor, C.J. (2019), "The Additional Enlightened Companies", Business and Corporation Engagement with Higher Education, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 233-234. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78754-655-420191016
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2019 by Morgan R. Clevenger and Cynthia J. MacGregor
Scott and Rothman's (1992) book Companies with a Conscience: Intimate Portraits of Twelve Firms that Make a Difference celebrated the stories of 12 strong companies for corporate design, corporate citizenship, and positive examples of American businesses as introduced in Chapter 6 of this book. Chapter 13 of their book also includes 27 other companies in short case study summaries worthy of continued recognition. They include:
Newman Own Inc. in Westport, Connecticut
Cultural Survival Enterprises in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado
Sebastian International, Inc. in Woodland Hills, California
The Body Shop, based in Brighton, England, but has more than 3,000 outlets in 66 countries (and has experienced ownership by L'Oréal from 2006–2017; now owned by Brazilian cosmetics company Natura)
Working Assets Long Distance, based from San Francisco, California
Aspen Skiing Company in the Colorado Rockies
Consumers United Insurance Company in Washington, DC
Smith & Hawken in Santa Rosa and Mill Valley, California
Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, Colorado
The Amer-I-Can Program, based in Los Angeles, California
Hi-Tee Sports USA Inc., based in Modesto, California (acquired in 2016 by Carolina Footwear Group, LLC)
Gerry Baby Products Company, based in Washington, DC
America Outdoors, based in Knoxville, Tennessee
William McDonough Architects from New York, now based in Charlottesville, Virginia
Utne Reader originated in Minneapolis, Minnesota and now based in Topeka, Kansas
Artisan Maintenance in Colorado
Tom's of Maine, based in Kennebunk, Maine
Shaklee Corporation in San Francisco, California, with global operations now in Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, and Taiwan
San Francisco Hat Company, based in Berkeley, California
The Backpackers Shop (Ohio Canoe Adventures) in Cleveland, Ohio
Hanna Andersson Inc., based in Portland, Oregon
Julius Klein Cleaners in New York, New York
Outdoor Industry Conservation Alliance launched in Seattle, Washington
Toys for Special Children in Hawthorne, New York
Glen Ellen Winery in Sonoma, California
The North Face, based in Almeda, California (now part of VF Corporation)
- Prelims
- Chapter 1 At the Intersect of Business and Higher Education: Historical, Theoretical, and Empirical Perspectives on Interorganizational Relationships
- Chapter 2 Long-term Business Agendas to Contribute to Society
- Chapter 3 Corporate Philanthropy
- Chapter 4 Stakeholder Management and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Chapter 5 Corporate Citizenship
- Chapter 6 Inside Corporations: How They Think and Behave
- Chapter 7 How Higher Education Thinks and Behaves
- Chapter 8 Higher Educational Engagement in Economic Development in Collaboration With Corporate Powerhouses
- Chapter 9 Career Development Strategies Serving Businesses and Corporations
- Chapter 10 Modern Expectations and Implications: The New Ecology, Ethics, and Future Directions of Interorganizational Relationships
- Appendix A Field of Organizational Theory Concept Map
- Appendix B The Additional Enlightened Companies
- References
- Index