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As foreign direct investment in the U.S. continues to become both more visible and controversial, the general public remains skeptical about the corporate citizenship of these foreign affiliates. Four dimensions of corporate citizenship — orientations, organizational stakeholders, issues, and decision-making autonomy — were used to compare the inclinations of foreign affiliates with the domestic firms operating in the U.S. chemical industry. The only significant differences between the U.S. sample and those firms headquartered in other countries-of-origin were found in the area of corporate citizenship decision making autonomy.
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Tammie Pinkston is Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Oklahoma. She is a recent recipient of American Brands International Business Scholar Award. Tammie is an active member of the Academy of Management, the International Association for Business & Society, the Southern Management Association, and the Academy of International Business.
Archie B. Carroll is holder of the Robert W. Scherer Chair of Management and Corporate Public Affairs at the University of Georgia. He has published 11 books and over 65 articles in such journals as theAcademy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics. He is currently on the Editorial Board ofBusiness Ethics Quarterly and the board of the International Association for Business & Society.
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Pinkston, T.S., Carroll, A.B. Corporate citizenship perspectives and foreign direct investment in the U.S.. J Bus Ethics 13, 157–169 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02074814
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