AMERICAN CORPORATIONS AND FAMILY-RELATED ISSUES

American Corporations and Family-Related Issues

American Corporations and Family-Related Issues

For corporate America, fall is fast becoming the family-friendly equivalent of the Oscars. Fortune will soon join Business Week and Working Mother magazines in ranking family-friendly companies - those that offer benefits from child care to flexible hours to dry-cleaning pickup. Yet even as companies scramble to implement such programs, management experts say most miss the key issue: creating a corporate culture that encourages employees to find the balance of work and family. (Gomez, Larraza, Martin, 8) The rise in ratings comes as no surprise. "Family friendly" ...