The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:30:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.10 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png 2026 Proxy Season: CPA Political Disclosure and Accountability Effort Maintains Strong Momentum – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 2026 Proxy Season: CPA Political Disclosure and Accountability Effort Maintains Strong Momentum https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/08/16/2026-proxy-season-cpa-political-disclosure-and-accountability-effort-maintains-strong-momentum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2026-proxy-season-cpa-political-disclosure-and-accountability-effort-maintains-strong-momentum https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/08/16/2026-proxy-season-cpa-political-disclosure-and-accountability-effort-maintains-strong-momentum/#respond Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:30:33 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=183232?d=20260814143954EDT Posted by Dan Carroll, David Pahlic, and Bruce Freed, Center for Political Accountability, on Sunday, August 16, 2026
Editor's Note:

Dan Carroll is the Vice President for Programs and Counsel, David Pahlic is the Director of Programs, and Bruce Freed is the President at the Center for Political Accountability. This post is based on their CPA report.

The 2026 proxy season continued to show strong shareholder support for the Center for Political Accountability’s corporate political disclosure and accountability effort in an increasingly challenging environment.

Companies face increased uncertainty in their election-related spending. The reputational risks that are always present in political spending are now coupled with the regulatory risks of an executive eager to punish perceived enemies. Moreover, with high stakes midterm elections approaching, the scrutiny and risks posed to companies by their political spending, the candidates and issues they support, the outcomes and policies they advance and questions – and concerns – about corruption have increased.

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