Category Archives: CPA Reports

Corporate Underwriters: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

In this important report, the Center for Political Accountability has brought to light a little-noticed but politically important set of organizations that fund campaigns for governors, state legislators, and attorneys general. These big six “527 Committees” (Republican Governors Association, Democratic Governors Association, Republican Attorneys General Association, Democratic Attorneys General Association, Republican State Leadership Committee and…

A Corporate Insider on the Model Code: Invaluable Tool, Essential for Risk Management

Representing major corporations with the Federal Government for nearly 40 years, I viewed my position as akin to a risk manager. I was continually on the watch for opportunities to move our legislative and regulatory agenda forward while being aware of the political and reputation risks and rewards. For years, however, the overwhelming focus was…

Courting Risk: Corporate Underwriters & State Attorneys General

Political spending to support controversial policies and leaders thrives in darkness. And no spending has defied necessary scrutiny more than the bigger and bigger donations that public corporations are giving to state attorneys generals through partisan third-party groups.

Primer on Corporate Political Spending For Incoming Directors

The purpose of this primer is to help incoming directors understand the ins and outs of corporate political spending and protect their companies from risks posed by this spending.

Audit of the 2022 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability

2023 Proxy Season Analysis

Support by the largest institutional investors for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution dropped slightly to 70.8 percent in 2023, down from 2022’s 74.7 percent support from this group of investors, according to a new CPA study based on data from data from Diligent Market Intelligence.

CPA At 20: Norm Change

CPA’s 2022 Institutional Investor Proxy Vote Analysis

Support by the largest institutional investors for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure resolution dropped to 75.4 percent in 2022, down from 2021’s record support of 82.5 percent from this group of investors, according to analysis based on shareholder voting data from Insightia.

2022 CPA-Zicklin Index

2022 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability Index Expanded to Russell 1000; Dramatic Gap in Disclosure and Accountability Between S&P 500 and Smaller Companies 2022 Index PDF