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These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In response to inquiries regarding Martin's demand, Marc Ferracci, the French industry minister, stated on Franceinfo radio: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to inquiries regarding Martin's demand, Marc Ferracci, the French industry minister, stated on Franceinfo radio: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"We must very rapidly act to improve the competitiveness of French businesses... This means protecting consumption, notably not over-burdening taxpayers, households as well as businesses,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to inquiries regarding Martin's demand, Marc Ferracci, the French industry minister, stated on Franceinfo radio: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"We must very rapidly act to improve the competitiveness of French businesses... This means protecting consumption, notably not over-burdening taxpayers, households as well as businesses,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to inquiries regarding Martin's demand, Marc Ferracci, the French industry minister, stated on Franceinfo radio: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump's \"reciprocal\" tariffs <\/a>came into force for multiple countries, featuring a substantial 104% duty on imports from China, intensifying his international trade conflict as he geared up for talks with several nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We must very rapidly act to improve the competitiveness of French businesses... This means protecting consumption, notably not over-burdening taxpayers, households as well as businesses,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to inquiries regarding Martin's demand, Marc Ferracci, the French industry minister, stated on Franceinfo radio: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Patrick Martin told RTL radio when asked about the impact of U.S. tariffs on French businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump's \"reciprocal\" tariffs <\/a>came into force for multiple countries, featuring a substantial 104% duty on imports from China, intensifying his international trade conflict as he geared up for talks with several nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We must very rapidly act to improve the competitiveness of French businesses... This means protecting consumption, notably not over-burdening taxpayers, households as well as businesses,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to inquiries regarding Martin's demand, Marc Ferracci, the French industry minister, stated on Franceinfo radio: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"The risk is that growth will stall and that we go into a recession,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Patrick Martin told RTL radio when asked about the impact of U.S. tariffs on French businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump's \"reciprocal\" tariffs <\/a>came into force for multiple countries, featuring a substantial 104% duty on imports from China, intensifying his international trade conflict as he geared up for talks with several nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We must very rapidly act to improve the competitiveness of French businesses... This means protecting consumption, notably not over-burdening taxpayers, households as well as businesses,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to inquiries regarding Martin's demand, Marc Ferracci, the French industry minister, stated on Franceinfo radio: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"The risk is that growth will stall and that we go into a recession,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Patrick Martin told RTL radio when asked about the impact of U.S. tariffs on French businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump's \"reciprocal\" tariffs <\/a>came into force for multiple countries, featuring a substantial 104% duty on imports from China, intensifying his international trade conflict as he geared up for talks with several nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We must very rapidly act to improve the competitiveness of French businesses... This means protecting consumption, notably not over-burdening taxpayers, households as well as businesses,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to inquiries regarding Martin's demand, Marc Ferracci, the French industry minister, stated on Franceinfo radio: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The leader of France's Medef business lobby group cautioned on Wednesday that extensive U.S. tariffs might adversely affect economic growth and potentially trigger a recession. He called on authorities to implement measures that would enhance the competitiveness of French businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"The risk is that growth will stall and that we go into a recession,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Patrick Martin told RTL radio when asked about the impact of U.S. tariffs on French businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump's \"reciprocal\" tariffs <\/a>came into force for multiple countries, featuring a substantial 104% duty on imports from China, intensifying his international trade conflict as he geared up for talks with several nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We must very rapidly act to improve the competitiveness of French businesses... This means protecting consumption, notably not over-burdening taxpayers, households as well as businesses,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Martin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response to inquiries regarding Martin's demand, Marc Ferracci, the French industry minister, stated on Franceinfo radio: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are addressing this in parliament, which involves discussing the possibility of lowering taxes, especially production taxes.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Ferracci once again urged French companies to halt investments in the United States, citing the tensions between France, Europe, and Trump's administration regarding tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"We are saying suspend your investments given this very complicated moment in time. We are currently in a situation of high confusion. Investments that had been foreseen have now been made uncertain,\" Ferracci said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ferracci, who met with representatives from French industry late Tuesday, emphasized the importance of analyzing the potential effects of tariffs on sectors like aerospace, cosmetics, aeronautics, and luxury goods to<\/a> fine-tune the European Union's response. That response must be \"firm and proportionate\" to avoid an escalation that would hit jobs, he added.<\/p>\n","post_title":"French business lobby warns of economic chill amid U.S. trade war","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"french-business-lobby-warns-of-economic-chill-amid-u-s-trade-war","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 10:48:57","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7515","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":7537,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-12 11:43:36","post_content":"\n Charities with corporate leaders on their boards spend $130,000 annually lobbying on behalf of their affiliated corporations. That's based on a groundbreaking study that reveals how corporations reap the rewards of their charitable activities \u2014 and how charities might be more-than-too-willing to help out their influential board members in exchange for well-paying affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The authors of the study tell the BBC the research could enable policymakers and stakeholders at charities to monitor a hitherto unknown way in which politics can infiltrate charities, but that these types of agreements are entirely lawful at present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCharities have something to gain by acting this way. It doesn't always have to be corporations forcing charities to act the way they don't want to,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n commented Sehoon Kim, Ph.D., a finance professor at the University of Florida and senior author of the new study. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"It's a natural quid pro quo relationship that emerges from the incentives that corporations and charities have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The American Medical Association (AMA) reveals one such instance of these incentives at work. During the 2010s, they vehemently lobbied against measures by federal authorities to limit prescriptions of opioids. This helped players such as Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, blamed extensively for aggravating the U.S. opioid crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It so happened that the company's top executive, Richard Sackler, was a member of the AMA Foundation board, a tie many considered problematic at the time. But Sackler had set up millions in donations to the foundation, and other charities are probably hoping corporate board members will assist in brokering big donations for their philanthropic efforts by bringing charities together with other companies and deep-pocketed leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A coordinated lobbying campaign on behalf of the<\/a> new friends, therefore, quite possibly is simply the most cost-effective means for guaranteeing such donations continue unabated. Kim worked with UF Professor Joel Houston, Ph.D., and Changhyun Ahn, Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong, on the analysis that is soon to be published in the journal Management Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They laboriously hand-sorted information on over 400 charities and over 1,000 corporations that reported board relationships, contributions and lobbying efforts that were both within and outside of the charities' normal political activity. Researchers selected larger charities that already do some lobbying on their own interests. The lobbying charities are three times more substantial than smaller nonprofits that never lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once a new corporate board member was added, these charities altered their behavior. They were much more likely to lobby on behalf of issues outside of their own interests and to even work to pass or kill legislation that impacted their new board member's company, even when the legislation had nothing to do with their charitable cause. It translated to roughly a 14% increase in the charity's lobbying <\/a>budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \"These were the smoking guns that there's something going on that's not supposed to be happening,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kim said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since lobbying is such a cost-effective utilization of resources, and since charities can lend their warm brand name to these lobbying efforts, such assistance from charities could greatly<\/a> work to the benefit of these tied corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are heretofore unappreciated channels at work when it comes to corporate political power that policymakers should take into consideration when determining how powerful corporations will be,\" Kim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"The hidden lobby: How corporations use charities to shape policy","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"the-hidden-lobby-how-corporations-use-charities-to-shape-policy","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-13 11:52:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=7537","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":42},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
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