Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / Based on interviews with opinion leaders in the fields of business and the arts, the thesis has three major points. First, the arts play an integral role in the corporate environment. Second, the relationship of business and the arts must be grounded in mutuality which is reached only if the two institutions are concerned with the society. Acting in the interests. of society, business and the arts inevitably meet. And third, dialogue between business and the arts is meaningful only if carried on by such intermediaries as public relations consultants, designers, or arts managers. [TRUNCATED] / 2999-01-01