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Purpose
This paper aims to highlight the need for corporations to engage politically to create a more functional capitalist system.
Design/methodology/approach
Selective review of relevant economic and sociopolitical developments is presented in this paper.
Findings
There is a growing movement among economists and commentators to hold corporations accountable for political engagement which they ignore at their peril.
Originality/value
While individual strands of this story have been discussed before, the subject has never been handled from the perspective of corporate reputation in a comprehensive manner.
Keywords:
Corporation,
Sustainability,
Capitalism,
Activist investors,
Political engagement,
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