Reference
Three ideas the survey put a name to.
All three terms come out of one survey of 400 executives: what firms are doing (quieting), the pattern it adds up to (the Conservative Turn), and where the pressure comes from (their own governments).
- Source
- STAKES Brief 01
- Terms
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- CC BY 4.0
The Conservative Turn
The Conservative Turn is a pattern in which firms conserve the substance of their social and environmental commitments while spending down their public visibility, under pressure that comes mostly from conservative governments and political movements.
Corporate quieting
Corporate quieting is the deliberate reduction of public communication about a firm's social and environmental work while the work itself continues, usually to avoid political or government attention.
Home-government pressure
Home-government pressure is pressure on a company's social and environmental commitments that originates with the government of the country where the company is headquartered, rather than with host governments, investors or campaigners.