Center for Political Accountability+Political Spending Disclosure

About the data

This metric represents a company's overall Disclosure score as defined by the Center for Political Accountability Zicklin Index.

It measures the transparency and accessibility of a company's reporting on its political spending and related activities.

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Answers are calculated as a weighted average. To find a weighted average of a group of numbers that have been normalized to the same 0-10 scale, you simply multiply each number by its weight (percentage) and add them up.

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Topics

Governance

Lobbying & Political Engagement

Political Contributions

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Disclosure of corporate political contributions Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 11.1%

Payments to 527 groups Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 11.1%

Independent political expenditures Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 11.1%

Payments to trade associations for political purposes Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 16.7%

Payments to tax-exempt organizations for political purposes Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 16.7%

Amounts paid to trade associations and tax-exempt organizations Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 5.6%

Payments to influence ballot measures Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 11.1%

Senior managers with authority over political spending Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 5.6%

Archived political expenditure reports Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 11.1%