Why Companies Should Stop Political Spending Now
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HBR IdeaCast
And so, this perception of not only support for this candidate, but actual hypocrisy that these donations were undermining values that the company had really stated that they embraced led to a huge backlash for the company and caused Target to make a major overhaul of its political donation practices. DOROTHY LUND: And so, the more that companies are speaking out on these issues, the more there’s the risk that when they give to a candidate to foster a better business climate, or whatever business reason they have, it’s going to come back and bite them.