Center for Political Accountability+Political Spending Policy

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

It evaluates the strength, clarity, and governance quality of a company's publicly available policies governing political spending.

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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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Political expenditure policy from corporate funds Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 37.5%

Policy permitting only employee-funded PAC contributions Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 0%

Company interests over executives’ preferences policy Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 12.5%

Entities considered proper recipients of political spending Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 12.5%

Public policy positions guiding corporate political spending Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 12.5%

Senior management oversight of political spending policy Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 12.5%

Board oversight of corporate political activity policy Score Center for Political Accountability Center for Political Accountability Research Group 12.5%