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Corporate Philanthropy as a Cooptive Relation

Abstract: Corporate philanthropy is analyzed as a cooptive relation, akin to advertising, directed at persons collectively as a consumer sector of the American economy. The strength of this cooptive relation is predictedfrom a network definition of the extent to which corporations in an economic sector have a market incentive to institutionalize their relations with people as consumers. As predicted, the proportion of corporate net income donated to charity covaries with the extent to which firms in a sector are dependent on consumption by people and able to do something about eliminating uncertainty in the demand for their product. In fact, the specified structural effect of the market on the rate of corporate giving is stronger than the income and tax incentive effects typically specified in a microeconomic model. Methodologically, the discussion illustrates a strategy by which network analysis is often used to inform analyses of individuals: social context constraints on an actor are captured in a network model of the context and then specified as parameters in a microeconomic decision model. In the context of the often strained relation between people and corporations as classes of actors in American society, corporate philanthropy offers a dual satisfaction. Corporate philanthropy, that is to say, tax deductible gifts from corporations to charitable activities, provides the direct material benefit of improved public health, education, and welfare. It is a further satisfaction to know that corporate actors, as preeminently rational, profitseeking bastions of power, have acted in the interests of persons rather than themselves. To be sure, corporate philanthropy is a cost effective allocation of corporate income. But it is also a social setting in which the interests of persons and corporate actors come together in an intimate way. Accordingly, the corporate decision to make charitable donations provides

Laws of Corporations and Other Business Enterprises

Abstract: Selection of Form of Business Enterprise; Nature of Corporateness or Corporate Personality; Selection of Jurisdiction of Incorporation; Pre-incorporation Problems; Incorporation and Admission; Recognition or Disregard of Corporateness; Corporate Financial Structure; Corporate Management Structure; Special Problems of Closely Held Corporations; Special Problems of Publicly Held Corporations; Dividends, Other Current Distributions and Redemptions; Extraordinary Corporate Matters; Corporate Litigation (Including Derivative Actions); Corporate Liquidation, Bankruptcy, and Reorganization.

The Business Community Looks At DRG-Based Hospital Reimbursement

Abstract: Prologue: One of the most promising developments in the health sphere to emerge from the 1970s was the more active participation of large corporations in decisions revolving around medical care. This more active role is reflected in the creation of some 100 private sector coalitions that now exist around the United States. Many involve only coalitions of private business representatives, but another prevalent model features participation by all of the major interests with an important stake in the future of medical care. One of these coalitions is the New Jersey Business Group on Health, Inc., which was formed several years ago with the expressed purpose of participating actively within the existing health care system to control inappropriate health care costs while continuing to promote quality health care. Once the New Jersey business group formed, it became readily apparent that among its first tasks was to learn the details of the Diagnosis-Related Group (DRGs) reimbursement system used there to pay h...