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"Rainbow washing" during Pride hurts both brands and consumers

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson and Rose Conlon
Jun 23, 2021
Simply attaching your brand to a rainbow flag but failing to take further action can have unintended negative results.
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What responsibility do corporations have to weigh in on voting rights?

by Marielle Segarra
Mar 29, 2021
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill into law that overhauls state election rules and restricts voting in a number of ways.
Activists are asking corporations in Georgia like Coca-Cola, Delta Airlines and Home Depot to speak out against a new law that overhauls state election rules.
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COVID-19

Corporations offer to help with vaccine rollout

by Marielle Segarra
Jan 22, 2021
Some of these companies have expertise, resources or logistical capacity that the federal government may lack.
Vaccine distribution at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Some major sports venues are joining the effort to prevent infections.
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Elections 2020

Why more workers are getting paid time off on Election Day

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 1, 2020
A growing list of companies are allowing their employees to get the day off or paying them to work the polls.
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Race and Economy

With companies matching social justice donations, employees are crowdsourcing to increase contributions

by Erika Beras
Jun 12, 2020
Over the last two weeks, social justice organizations have raised $600 million dollars, according to one nonprofit.
People are sending money to employees, employees are giving through companies and the donations are going further.
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Race and Economy

The right and wrong ways for CEOs to address racism and policing

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Jun 2, 2020
Being authentic in a corporate press release or memo is difficult.
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Bayer sheds some brands to focus on pharma and fight pesticide claims

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 29, 2018
The giant multinational corporation Bayer is selling off the Dr. Scholl’s and Coppertone brands acquired four years ago when the company bought Merck. Now Bayer is looking to expand its cancer drug research and development and the agribusinesses it’s been growing since buying Monsanto earlier this year. Sounds good, but there’s a lingering problem that […]
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How companies are sizing you up based on your behavior as a customer

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Nov 23, 2018
Companies use your "customer lifetime value score," a secret shopper score of sorts, to determine how to treat you.
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Corner Office

The last CEO standing from the financial crisis

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 3, 2018
Cybersecurity is now the top worry of Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase.
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So what tax rate will corporations actually pay in 2018?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jan 16, 2018
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