ToolAnthropic

Claude's Constitution

2026

https://www.anthropic.com/constitution

What It Is: Claude's Constitution is Anthropic's published governance document defining its AI model's intended values, priorities, and behavioral constraints — including a stated hierarchy (safety, ethics, guideline compliance, helpfulness) and explicit "hard constraints" the model must never cross, released publicly under a Creative Commons license.

Why It Matters: The document references specific risks and needed guardrails to avoid harming important societal structures and protect against “problematic concentrations of power” as well as the “loss of human epistemic autonomy.” This provides useful guidance in applying the Responsibility Principle.

How to Use It: Use to identify possible unintended societal impacts, which can inform companies as they weigh in on AI policy. Use as a case study in corporate self-governance.

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ArticleBipartisan Policy Center

AI and Ethics: Issue Brief

Bipartisan Policy Center, 2023

This policy brief outlines the challenges of AI implementation and dissemination through various sectors of society, and provides policy recommendations for how to protect privacy, safety and ethics as AI adoption grows.

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ReportThe Conference Board

Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons

2023

This report addresses the impact of increased political polarization and decreased trust in government, which has resulted in policy differences that affect long-term business planning. To take initiative, companies should rethink their approach to PAC giving and lobbying to support bipartisanship, systemic change, and a positive social impact.

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ArticleBCG Henderson Institute

Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Corporate Entanglement

Martinez, et al, 2023

This note acknowledges the increased pressure on business to engage in politics and counsels corporate restraint.

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ReportBusiness for America

Business Perspectives on Political Backlash

2023

To better understand how businesses are navigating this toxic political environment, Business for America (BFA) surveyed more than 50 business leaders across the country and sectors, from Fortune 500 executives to small business owners. The report reveals widespread concern about escalating political backlash, highlighting the difficult balance companies face between stakeholder demands and risks like boycotts, speech restrictions, and regulatory threats.

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Report E3G (Third Generation Environmentalism)

Climate Change as a Macroeconomic Risk Multiplier

E3G, 2023

This analysis reports how climate change acts as a macroeconomic risk multiplier—exacerbating inflation, supply-chain stress, asset re-pricing, sovereign risk, and financial fragility. It argues that businesses and regulators must treat climate as a cross-cutting systemic issue, not simply an environmental add-on, because the economic implications span sectors, geographies and time horizons.

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VideoCorporate Political Responsibility Taskforce

Common Areas of Misalignment

Yamika Ketu of the Ceres’ Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, 2023

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VideoCorporate Political Responsibility Taskforce

Common Areas of Misalignment

Yamika Ketu of the Ceres’ Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, 2023

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ToolSNG Agora Institute

Conservative Principles for Building Trust in Elections

2023

To rebuild election trust among conservative voters, this Johns Hopkins–R Street tool outlines three actionable principles: affirm past election integrity, increase process transparency, and improve election operations. It pairs these with Gallup-backed data to guide civic leaders—including business—on addressing doubts without heightening polarization.

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ArticleSNF Agora Institute (Johns Hopkins) & R Street Institute

Conservative Principles for Building Trust in Elections

2023

What It Is: A set of conservative-specific principles for building election trust, developed by Johns Hopkins' SNF Agora Institute and the R Street Institute through a year of off-the-record convenings with Republican elected officials, election administrators, and scholars across four states, released alongside original Gallup-Johns Hopkins polling on conservative confidence in U.S. elections.

Why It Matters: Reflects a thoughtful consensus among knowledgeable conservative leaders on how to address the 40% of Republicans say they're very or somewhat confident in the accuracy of U.S. elections, down from nearly 90% in 2006. Outlines three commonsense principles that can help leaders speak to voters with concerns: 1) Publicly affirming the security and integrity of elections across the U.S. and avoiding fueling doubt about elections in other jurisdictions 2) Using transparency and public outreach to reassure voters of election integrity. 3) Championing policy changes that can help build trust in the elections system.

How to Use It: Consider referencing the principles to demonstrate actions to address voter concerns and using them to guide information provided to employees. Read the full statement of principles for language and specifics to adapt.

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ReportClimate Governance Initiative

Corporate climate policy engagement: A briefing for board directors

2023

Conducting corporate climate policy engagement positively and appropriately is critical to creating the conditions that will enable a company to achieve its net zero transition. This briefing, produced by the Climate Governance Initiative in collaboration with the global think tank InfluenceMap, highlights the key issues that board directors should be aware of.

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BookErb Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce

Corporate Political Responsibility

Tom P. Lyon, 2023

An overview of the need for CPR and how the Erb Institute’s Corporate Political Responsibility Taskforce supports companies in aligning their approaches to political influence with their commitments to purpose, values, sustainability and stakeholders, while contributing to rebuilding trust in US civic institutions.

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ArticleProMarket

Corporate Political Responsibility in a Captured Economy

Claudine Schneider and Ed Dolan, 2023

This article argues that corporate governance need to take account of a company's political responsibility and that the Erb Principles provide a helpful framework for doing so.

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VideoCorporate Political Responsibility Taskforce

Corporate Political Responsibility: From Theory to Action

2023

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ArticleFortune

Corporations were never supposed to write the rules

Maureen Kline, 2023

This article argues that "corporations were never supposed to write the rules of the game. Now they need to help make them better for capitalism to survive."

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VideoCorporate Political Responsibility Taskforce

Could a Voluntary System Really Make a Difference?

Christine Mahoney of the University of Virginia, 2023

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WebsiteHarvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

CPA’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending: A Practical Guide for Management

Bruce F. Freed, Jeanne Hanna, Karl J. Sandstrom, Center for Political Accountability, 2023

This post summarizes the Center for Political Accountability’s Guide to Corporate Political Spending, which provides best practices for implementing the CPA-Zicklin Model Code. The Model Code identifies a company’s broader societal and democracy obligations and responsibilities that should govern its political spending decisions. This new Guide spells out what concrete steps and actions management should follow as it makes spending decisions and evaluates the accompanying risks.

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VideoCorporate Political Responsibility Taskforce

Culture Wars, Backlash and the Current Political Climate

Sarah Bonk and Richard Eidlin of Business for America, 2023

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VideoCorporate Political Responsibility Taskforce

Determining When it is Legitimate to Engage

Martin Reeves of BCG Henderson Institute, 2023

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ToolDebevoise & Plimpton

ESG Investigations Tracker

2023

This tracker provides an overview of federal and state investigations into corporate ESG practices, highlighting lawsuits over misleading ESG claims by firms like BlackRock, government probes requesting information from asset managers and climate organizations, and legislative efforts aimed at limiting ESG considerations in investing. It offers essential insight into the shifting legal and reputational risks companies face in ESG governance.

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WebsiteIGC Institute

Executive Guide to Navigating Our Complex Political, Social and Economic Environment

2023

This guide provides a good overview of how the current environment developed for companies and some tips that business leaders can use to navigate through the conflicting pressures.

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