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"Companies need to step up collectively for common goods and against corporate capture of the state"

Elizabeth Doty is the director of the Corporate Political Responsibility Task Force (CPRT) at the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute....

Political CSR—European Social Market Economy and US Shareholder Capitalism

Professor Andreas Scherer is the Chair of Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm at the University of Zurich. He...

New Book on Outspoken CEOs by Ralph Nader

Since the publication of his influential book on traffic safety (Unsafe at Any Speed, 1965), Ralph Nader has been among the most...

Companies are trying to grapple with the fallout from the Israel-Hamas war

The Israel-Hamas conflict has presented challenges in the realm of corporate communication. The terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023, and...

Trumpf CEO calls for new economic policy

Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, chairwoman of the mechanical engineering firm Trumpf, has co-authored an opinion piece in FAZ advocating for...

Americans Want Workplace Democracy, Study in APSR Finds

Americans spend much of their lives at work, which tends to be a politics-free space. In a new paper in American Political Science...

Why Organizations Need a Political Stance: Lessons from European Football

Noussair Mazraoui in September 2023 In the days following the terror attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023, Noussair Mazraoui, a footballer...

We Need a Revolving Door between Politics and Business

Dr. Thomas Speckmann is Head of Corporate Communications at Westenergie AG. We spoke with him about political communication in times of...

CPR as a Smart Access to Political Decision-Makers

Writing in the Journal of Management Studies, the business scholar Onna Malou van den Broek explores how CSR can function as an access...

Financial Times on CEOs against polarization

The Financial Times’ Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson this week published an article about attempts by American business leaders to counteract...

Prof. Dr. Ludger Heidbrink on Why Companies Should Care about the Democratic System

Professor Ludger Heidbrink teaches Practical Philosophy at the University of Kiel. He specializes in business and consumer ethics....

Scaling CPR: A New Vision for Trade Associations

Thomas Lyon is the Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce at Michigan’s Ross School of Business. He is the author...