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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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Majority of Americans don't think businesses should take political, social stances on current events

Fox News |

Newly released data from the Bentley-Gallup Business in Society survey, focused on whether Americans think companies should speak out on issues, is highlighted.