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Another Great Reason for Organizations to Steer Clear of Political Donations

How does it help shareholders for organizations to make political contributions destined to annoy a large swath of stakeholders and shareholders? Ironically, shareholder capitalists have a long tradition of contributing to politicians whose interests are not necessarily aligned with those of many shareholders and stakeholders.
 
By Bruce Bolger

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Here’s another interesting chart coming from the folks at Indexalign that shows the dangers of making political contributions, either for the left or the right.
 
These are the companies that made the largest donations to the senators that approved Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Barrett (Neil Gorsuch replaced a conservative with a conservative) as Supreme Court justices.
 
To those on the left, these appointments turned the court decidedly conservative and allowed it to overturn Roe vs. Wade. It overturned the Chevron decision that empowered government regulators to enact regulations instead of the courts; it made the Harvard anti-DEI ruling, and it granted unprecedented immunity for future presidents.
 
IndexAlign used corporate PAC donations as the basis for drawing up this list, since those are unambiguously from the company itself. Some of the firms have since broken up or have been bought out, it says.
 
The non-partisan Enterprise Engagement Alliance is not advocating for or against these appointments or policies, as these beliefs belong to the rights of individuals. What we do know is that close to half of this nation is vehemently opposed to these decisions and the other half in favor, creating a zero sum game for leadership deciding how best to use available cash.
 
Instead, the EEA suggests organizations stay out of politics--unless an issue is directly related to the purpose, goals, objectives, and values of the organization. 

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