The Corporate Citizen, Issue 11
This issue examines how leading companies are setting goals for their corporate citizenship and working to achieve them.
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RESEARCH BRIEF - When consumers are more informed about a company’s positive corporate citizenship behavior, they are more likely to be satisfied with the company, are more willing to recommend it, and are more willing to buy their products. Less favorable corporate social and environmental performance elicits a negative consumer response.
RESEARCH BRIEF - Strong corporate citizenship performance leads to higher dividend payouts for shareholders, especially when companies invest in community relations, diversity, and corporate governance efforts.
REGULATORY RADAR - In three states, voters passed ballot initiatives to adopt the Affordable Care Act's expansion of the Medicaid program. In Idaho, the expansion was approved with 60 percent of the vote, while in Nebraska and Utah it was approved with 54 percent and 53 percent, respectively.
REGULATORY RADAR - Voters in both Arkansas and Missouri voted to approve substantial increases to their state minimum wages. Arkansas voted to increase the state’s current minimum wage of $8.50 an hour to $11 an hour by Jan. 1, 2021.