WASHINGTON: The 2002 State of Corporate Public Affairs Survey suggests that CEOs have grasped the importance of getting politically involved after September 11, though many are still unconvinced of the need for maintaining a crisis-communications management team.
Ninety-eight percent of the CEOs from the 115 companies surveyed - most of which are listed in the Fortune 1000 - had participated in some form of political action during this past election cycle. Those activities ranged from simply corresponding with members of Congress ...