Business Steps up!

A global study of how business can improve civil discourse and reduce polarization in our society. Case studies, executive perspectives and new Morning Consult data from around the world.

Executive SummaryActions You Can Take
Case Study

Tackling Tough Issues Through Courageous Conversations

General Mills

Perspective

Business Must Enable Our Collective Humanity

Torod Neptune, Group VP Marketing and Chief Communications Officer, Lenovo Group
Perspective

Open Dialogue by Closing the Digital Divide

Antonio Neri, President and CEO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Case Study

Mobilizing Companies for Voter Inclusion and Election Integrity

Business for America

The percent of people who said the inability to have respectful conversation is a major problem.
The top three topics that 2/3 of respondents said were difficult to talk about with those who disagree.
82% said people should be more respectful when talking with those with different views, but only 50% said they should spend more time doing so.
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Perspective

Free Market Politics Fosters Innovation, Discourse and Results

Katherine M. Gehl, Founder, Institute for Political Innovation
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Case Study

An Oasis Blooms in a Growing News Desert

MIT Cortico
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Perspective

A Time For Radical Change

Willow Bay, Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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