As campaigning starts up for 2022, companies face critical decisions about how to align their political influence with their public commitments and shifting expectations from employees, investors, customers and the public.
As campaigning starts up for 2022, companies face critical decisions about how to align their political influence with their public commitments and shifting expectations from employees, investors, customers and the public.
As business leaders wrestle with whether and how to adjust their political influences in response to increasing scrutiny from employees, customers, investors and the public, few are familiar with how the legal frameworks and norms for corporate political involvement have shifted over time.
Businesses of all sizes, regions and industries are being impacted internally and externally by toxic political polarization in the United States and beyond.
Businesses of all sizes, regions and industries are being impacted internally and externally by toxic political polarization in the United States and beyond.
A conversation with Hon. Leo E. Strine, Jr., former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Delaware, of counsel at the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and the Michael L. Wachter Distinguished Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School, and Dorothy S. Lund, Associate Professor of Law, University of Southern […]
Amidst increasingly apparent systemic threats – from climate change to inequality to social instability -- business leaders are being confronted with head-spinning dual realities: On the one hand, they are engaged in intensive, sometimes overwhelming efforts to improve their firm’s sustainability and responsiveness to stakeholders. And, on the other, they are consistently challenged that their […]
In the debate over whether businesses should take a stand on broad civic, political and societal issues, few have explored how companies influence policy and narratives on issues related to their core businesses and shareholder returns. As the economy, and particularly corporate governance practices, become “financialized,” ”pro-business” political influence has had a major impact on […]
A CPRT Expert Dialogue with Kevin Johnson, Election Reformers Network, and Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, The Brennan Center As we head into the fall mid-term elections, experts warn that low trust in American civic institutions is dangerous for representative democracy, civic freedom and the rule of law – as well as the environment for business. Yet trust […]
A CPRT Expert Dialogue with Bill Shireman of Future500 and In This Together, and Madeleine Para, Citizens Climate Lobby Though it is rarely featured in the news, research shows that most Americans can collaborate on solutions to systemic threats such as climate change. Yet, many of these “solution citizens” feel isolated and discouraged in the […]
