A merger or acquisition - which is likely to involve cost-saving measures, layoffs, slashed budgets, relocation of headquarters, and changes to a company's focus - is likely to put corporate citizenship efforts in jeopardy. This report, based on interviews with communications and citizenship executives at 26 companies, addresses the impact of a merger or acquisition on the corporate citizenship of the companies involved, and emphasizes the perspectives of communities, employees, and corporate citizenship executives.

Topics covered:

• Why corporate citizenship?
• The impact on communities
• Integrating human capital
• Integrating community affairs and corporate contributions

Features the experiences of:

Bank One Corporation, Honeywell International, Rohm and Haas Company, Bank of America Corporation, SBC Communications Inc., First Union Corporation, Time Warner, Chase Manhattan Corporation, The Procter and Gamble Company, Glaxo Wellcome Inc., Gillette, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Discover & Company, BP Amoco plc, International Paper Company, JCPenney Company, The Boeing Company, and PricewaterhouseCoopers