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Here’s what consumers think about companies taking a political stance

Greater Baton Rouge Business Report |

Results from the Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report are featured.

Fewer Americans want businesses to take stance on current events: Gallup

Yahoo! Finance |

Yahoo Finance's Pras Subramanian, Josh Schafer, and Alexandra Canal break down the findings of the Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report, relating the data to brands that have come under fire for their social and political statements.

Fewer Americans want brands to take a stand on controversial issues

Marketplace |

Management Professor Cynthia Clark offers thoughts on data from the Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report which highlights the kinds of topics that Americans want companies to speak out about.

Consumers Are Less Interested in Brands Taking Stances on Sociopolitical Issues, Survey Finds

Wall Street Journal |

New research from the Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report is featured, and Management Professor Cynthia Clark offers insights into why fewer Americans want companies speaking out on issues.

A Missionary Died at 26 on a Doomed Quest. A New Documentary Confronts What Led Him There

Vanity Fair |

An upcoming National Geographic documentary about the death of young American missionary John Chau features insights from Sociology Professor Dan Everett.

Experts break down why Americans are getting tired of 'woke' capitalism

Fox News |

Business executives and consumer experts discuss results of the Bentley-Gallup Business in Society report, which reveals a drop in the number of Americans who want businesses to take a stance on current events. 

Fewer Americans in new poll support businesses taking public stance on current events

The Hill |

Results of this year's Bentley-Gallup Business in Society survey are featured.

Report reveals Americans increasingly skeptical of corporate stance on social and political issues

Sinclair Broadcast Group |

John W. Poduska Professor of Governance Cynthia Clark offers advice for companies after the Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report shows an increase in the number of Americans who don't want companies taking a stand on current events.

Support for corporate activism plummets after Bud Light controversy: Poll

Washington Examiner |

The Bentley-Gallup Business in Society survey is featured for revealing that less than half (41%) of Americans say businesses should take a public stance on current events, a decline of 7 percentage points from last year's survey.

Don't tread on me! Nearly 60% of Americans want big business to stay out of politics, new Gallup poll reveals

Daily Mail |

New survey results from the Bentley-Gallup Business in Society Report show less people wants companies to take a stance on social and political issues.