Primer on Corporate Political Spending for Incoming Corporate Directors

Primer on Corporate Political Spending for Incoming Corporate Directors PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING FOR INCOMING DIRECTORS PREPARED BY The Center for Political Accountability with the input of corporate directors and executives PRIMER ON CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING WHY THIS PRIMER? HOW IT HELPS DIRECTORS The purpose of this primer is to help incoming directors understand the ins and ou. [...] It has done this through the engagement of companies to adopt political disclosure and accountability and through its annual benchmarking of the political disclosure and accountability policies of the Russell 1000 in the CPA-Zicklin Index. [...] THE BASICS OF CORPORATE POLITICAL SPENDING The following resources provide basic information on company political spending and board oversight and due diligence: Why Corporate Treasury Spending Matters: The Hidden Iceberg This one-pager explains political spending with corporate PAC funds and corporate treasury funds. [...] It is fundamental for understanding the source of funding that is used, the legal and fiduciary restraints on the spending and how it relates to the company and to director oversight. [...] 2023 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability The Index benchmarks the political disclosure and accountability policies and practices of the Russell 1000 with particular attention to the S&P 500 companies.