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Article: Corporate Power Must Be Balanced With Good Citizenship.(survey results)(Brief Article)
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- Strategic Finance
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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LAST YEAR'S WARNING TO BUSINESS TOOK MANY FORMS OF THE CRY THAT BIG business had TOO MUCH POWER! A new survey this year shows the public's attitude seems to have matured somewhat. Now individuals are calling for better use of the power that corporations seem destined to have in a global society.
Last year, a Business Week/Harris Poll of U.S. adults found that 72% to 82% of Americans (depending on the survey date) either strongly agreed or somewhat agreed with the statement, "Business has gained too much power over too many aspects of American life." Only 4% felt that companies had "excellent" ethical business practices, and 33% thought they were "pretty good." On ...