More public corporations are disclosing how much they are spending in political campaigns and are adopting policies for greater oversight and accountability, the annual CPA-Zicklin Index, released Tuesday, found.
The bottom line: The debate over election-related spending by public corporations has mounted following the Supreme Court’s landmark Citizens United ruling in 2010, which relaxed restrictions on corporate political expenditures. But accountability efforts like this index seek to serve as a nongovernmental check on such efforts.
Key findings: The…
