University of Michigan business professor Aneel Karnani stirred up a controversy last week when he penned an essay for The Wall Street Journal titled "The Case Against Corporate Social Responsibility."
Washington is not widely for sale to special interests and the K Street lobbyists they hire, at least not in the short term, according to a new study, reports Miller-McCune.
After a year of cuts, most companies plan to hold steady in 2010, according to a
Chronicle of Philanthropy study that finds many companies instead are stepping
up volunteer programs to help cash-strapped charities.
The House Financial Services Committee has approved a bill that could require shareholders to vote on dues paid to associations that engage in political activity, ASAE reports)
If public affairs practitioners hope to be leaders in the corporate world, they must "require a receptive audience in the executive suite" or risk "forever fighting an uphill battle for acceptability," Public Affairs Council senior advisor Fruzsina Harsanyi told those attending the Annual Centre for Corporate Public Affairs Oration in Melbourne.
The Federal Election Commission has approved advisory opinions to help guide political organizations that want to take advantage of looser campaign finance restrictions.
Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania and former Department of Homeland Security secretary, will be a faculty member at the Council's 2011 Public Affairs Institute. Ridge will address security challenges for the 21st century.
The Senate has
failed to pass a closely watched bill that Democrats said would strengthen
disclosure provisions for campaign spending following the U.S. Supreme Court's
ruling in Citizens United."
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Common Cause and Public Campaign will use TV ads and state-based grassroots efforts to push a public-financing bill designed to limit the influence of corporate spending in congressional races.
University of Michigan business professor Aneel Karnani stirred up a controversy last week when he penned 
Washington is not widely for sale to special interests and the K Street lobbyists they hire, at least not in the short term, according to a new study, reports Miller-McCune.
After a year of cuts, most companies plan to hold steady in 2010, according to a
Chronicle of Philanthropy study that finds many companies instead are stepping
up volunteer programs to help cash-strapped charities.
The House Financial Services Committee has approved a bill that could require shareholders to vote on dues paid to associations that engage in political activity, ASAE reports) 
If public affairs practitioners hope to be leaders in the corporate world, they must "require a receptive audience in the executive suite" or risk "forever fighting an uphill battle for acceptability," Public Affairs Council senior advisor Fruzsina Harsanyi told those attending the Annual Centre for Corporate Public Affairs Oration in Melbourne.
The Federal Election Commission has approved advisory opinions to help guide political organizations that want to take advantage of looser campaign finance restrictions.
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Tom Ridge, former governor of Pennsylvania and former Department of Homeland Security secretary, will be a faculty member at the Council's 2011 Public Affairs Institute. Ridge will address security challenges for the 21st century.
Common Cause and Public Campaign will use TV ads and state-based grassroots efforts to push a public-financing bill designed to limit the influence of corporate spending in congressional races.
