FB96 THE CENTER FOR CORPORATE COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Boston College Fact Book, 1995-1996
Contact:  factbook@bc.edu 
Date Posted: Jun 28 1995   Updated:  Jul 24 1995
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THE CENTER FOR CORPORATE COMMUNITY RELATIONS

   Established in 1985, the Center for Corporate Community
Relations at Boston College is a leading policy center for
corporate citizenship.  Its mission is to provide a forum
through which corporations can commit to and learn about the
best practices related to corporate social responsibility.
It does this by providing corporations with the training,
consulting, information, and research they need to shape and
implement a social vision that enhances their ability to meet
business objectives and community needs.

   A major objective of the Center is to promote Boston College
as the worldwide center for the teaching and study of corporate
citizenship.

   The Center is a membership organization composed of nearly
300 corporations (as of June 1, 1995). It is served by an
International Advisory Board composed of CEOs, corporate
community relations executives, Boston College faculty members,
and public policy executives from around the world.

The Center serves the following constituencies:
 <>  corporations, by helping them pursue the goals of
     corporate citizenship;
 <>  individual community relations practitioners, by
     providing professional development opportunities,
     information resources, and networking opportunities;
 <>  other corporate executives, by helping them meet their
     expanding community relations responsibilities;
 <>  the entire community relations profession, by acting
     as an advocate of excellence in community relations.

The Center's activities are focused in four primary goal areas:

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
   To advance the understanding and practice of corporate
   community relations.  This is done through the training
   offered in our Certificate Program in Corporate Community
   Relations, custom programs to prepare all levels of
   management for their expanding community relations
   responsibilities, conferences, the development of standards 
   of practice, and worldwide networking opportunities for the
   profession.

RESEARCH
   To build a body of information, analysis, and theory
   related to corporate community relations and corporate
   citizenship, and to promote and stimulate research about
   corporate citizenship among scholars and practitioners.

CONSULTATION & CUSTOM RESEARCH
   To help corporations develop community relations and
   social responsibility policy that meets their community
   relations and business objectives.

INFORMATION RESOURCES
   To provide practitioners with the information resources
   needed to function effectively in their jobs. The Center
   does this through its Resource Library, community
   relations database, publications, and monthly newsletter.

Source: The Center for Corporate Community Relations