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No one wants to deal with a public affairs crisis. However, when it (inevitably) occurs, it’s important to be prepared to manage the situation both internally and externally to preserve your organization’s reputation.

Most Americans are very concerned about discrimination in its many form, and they believe that big companies need to more to combat discrimination. Those are some of the findings of the 2016 Public Affairs Pulse survey, an annual poll that asks Americans to weigh in on topics related to business and society.

The 2016 State and Local Government Relations Conference offered a bit of everything for participants: election forecasts, campaign finance compliance, local community engagement, senior-level strategy, and attitudes about and of business. Here are a few photos and key takeaways from this great event.


The Council’s Sheree Anne Kelly tackles the perennial question, “What is public affairs?” and the answer may be more complex than you think.

The Council’s recent survey, Taking a Stand: How Corporations Speak Out on Social Issues, finds that, over the last three years, 60 percent have experienced rising stakeholder pressure to speak out on social issues such as discrimination, the environment, education and human rights. No respondents reported that pressure had decreased.