Anthropic · U.S. · US Congress · Fortune Technology
One of them came close to being legislated out of existence by Congress
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At the same time, even as good corporate citizens navigate these turbulent waters, it feels like the tide is beginning to turn.
Key facts
- Edelman’s 2026 Trust Barometer, based on nearly 34,000 respondents across 28 countries, confirms that employers are particularly well positioned to build trust among people with differing values
- Looking across environmental, social and governance issues more broadly, anti-ESG proposals averaged about 1.7 percent support, compared with about 13.3 percent for proposals supporting ESG-related
- But the reporter can tell you that the reporter has fielded questions—from executives, attorneys, and impact leaders everywhere from Fortune 500 companies to America’s largest law firms—that would have sounded ridiculous
- Benevity, which provides corporate giving and volunteering technology, surveyed 420 corporate impact professionals for its latest State of Corporate Purpose report
Summary
Much of corporate America has spent the past 18 months second-guessing and editing itself. Many diversity programs were renamed or eliminated entirely. The reporter has watched this upheaval from inside corporate conference rooms as an attorney and adviser who works in social impact. The specifics of their conversations with clients are likewise bound by confidentiality. But the reporter can tell you that the reporter has fielded questions—from executives, attorneys, and impact leaders everywhere from Fortune 500 companies to America’s largest law firms—that would have sounded ridiculous back in 2020: Which words create the most risk? Several of the organizations the reporter work with are in genuinely precarious positions at the moment.