"Handbook on Corporate Political Activity: Emerging Corporate Governance Issues"
Pay-to-play law blog author Stefan Passantino, has recently co-authored the "Handbook on Corporate Political Activity: Emerging Corporate Governance Issues," published by The Conference Board. As a co-author, Mr. Passantino draws on some of the experiences commented upon in this blog and offers an overview of the legal rules and standard practices related to political activity, as well as a discussion of internal oversight of political spending. Like the blog, the Handbook focuses on the challenges confronting corporations and other groups looking to comply with the myriad of inconsistent and ever-changing regulations affecting the Political Law space and offers some compliance best-practices from some of the largest corporations in the country. Also, like this blog, IT'S FREE!
Click here for a preview of the Handbook.
The "Handbook on Corporate Political Activity" addresses:
- The legal framework for understanding political giving, including an overview of federal/state pay-to-play laws
- How corporations can monitor the political engagement and policy positions of the trade associations to which they belong
- Standards of director conduct that can potentially be applied to political activity
- The rewards of a robust political engagement program, and the risks if such programs aren't managed well
- Examples of companies that have successfully managed political engagement programs
- The importance of embedding political-spending decisions into a corporation's ethical framework
To download a complimentary copy of the "Handbook on Corporate Political Activity" by The Corporate Board, go to http://bit.ly/aJW1U6.
