The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Corporate Citizenship
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The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Corporate Citizenship

A merger or acquisition—which typically involves 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 addresses the impact of a merger or acquisition on corporate citizenship and emphasizes the perspectives of communities, employees, and corporate citizenship executives.

It features the experiences of, among others: Bank One, Honeywell, Rohm and Haas, Bank of America, Time Warner, Chase Manhattan, Procter & Gamble, Gillette, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, BP Amoco, International Paper, JCPenney, Boeing, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.


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