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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779275203321

Autore

Levitt Tom

Titolo

Partners for good [[electronic resource] ] : business, government and the third sector / / by Tom Levitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey ; ; Burlington, VT, : Gower, c2012

ISBN

1-315-59956-2

1-317-08365-2

1-317-08364-4

1-280-68978-1

9786613666727

1-4094-3438-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Disciplina

302.14

302/.14

Soggetti

Voluntarism - Great Britain

Social service - Great Britain

Non-governmental organizations - Great Britain

Social responsibility of business - Great Britain

Associations, institutions, etc - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; About the Author; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Who Do They Think They Are?; 2 A Word About History; 3 Social Responsibility and the Corporate Sector; 4 The Fourth Sector; 5 Regulating Partnerships, Taking Risks; 6 Partnerships in the Developing World; 7 Partnerships and Challenges in the Big Society; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The third sector has increased its business capacity through the experience gained from a decade of providing commissioned services to the public sector. Society today expects employers to do more to engage with both communities and good causes and the business case for doing so can be and is being made. But business also realises that charities do conscience better than they can and so co-working is



increasingly being sought. In Partners for Good, Tom Levitt points the way to successful partnerships at local, national and international levels