Coronavirus

COVID-19 not only took women out of the workforce, it brought to light long-standing inequities for women at work. Americans agree companies can do more.

We turned to the American public to learn their perspectives on how companies can help parents balance caregiving responsibilities with working.

Throughout 2021, we turned to Americans to learn what they think companies should do to address the most pressing challenges of our time and move toward a recovery that serves all their stakeholders. Here’s what they said.

The American public wants to see worker health, safety, financial well-being, and equality prioritized over the course of the pandemic and beyond – these 32 companies are leading the way.

This week we and our partner The Harris Poll fielded an update to the question on vaccine mandates in the private sector that we first asked Americans back in mid-June – here are the results.

With the rising risk of the Delta variant, Americans are increasingly in favor of employer mandates for the COVID-19 vaccine.

In a tight labor market, particularly for industries with more lower-wage workers, Americans say companies should respond by raising wages and offering benefits – and making these changes permanent.

As companies call workers back to offices, here’s how Americans view employer vaccine policies and other workplace safety measures.

Using JUST’s data, researchers from Stanford, Harvard, and the University of Texas found that companies publicly embracing stakeholder capitalism treated workers better in the early days of the pandemic.

Do companies that act ethically out perform their peers that lag behind?

Explore the perspectives of both employers and employees on how COVID-19 is continuing to shape the workplace one year into the pandemic.

Of all the changes that COVID-19 has brought, the rapid increase in work from home (WFH) policies have been among the most significant for businesses today. How will this continue to change the modern workplace? We partner with AARP to take a look.

We partnered with AARP to explore the need for a broader dependent care infrastructure for U.S. workers to build community, increase employee engagement, and better engage stakeholders more broadly.

In a collaboration with AARP, we take a look at how workers’ paid sick leave policies have changed in response to COVID-19, and what actions business leaders can take to help moving forward. 

2020 was a year that exposed a simple truth – that society’s shift to stakeholder capitalism is now an urgent necessity.

A snapshot of the public’s views during this unprecedented year, as well as a blueprint for corporate action in the year to come.

The majority of Americans believe that business and government should join forces to address racial inequality, business/jobs recovery, climate crisis, economic inequality, and the public health crises.

As we kick off the new year, we revisit our most popular features from 2020.

Explore what steps companies in the Russell 1000 have taken to support this contract workers, and which companies are leading the way.

Out-of-work Americans are less likely than their employed peers to see the social impacts of companies as positive.

84% of Americans believe worker health and safety is more important this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nadella explains how Microsoft is working to make stakeholder capitalism a reality, in light of COVID-19, our national reckoning with racial injustice, and challenges to American democracy.

Many companies have already stepped up to support their workers, customers, and local communities – here’s what they’re doing.

JUST Capital and The Harris Poll asked Americans how they view corporations’ role in our democracy.

It has never been more urgent or more important for corporate America to listen and respond to what the American public prioritizes.