Investors Favor Political Disclosures for Companies, Poll Finds

Voters who are invested in the stock market want more transparency of corporate political spending, according to a new poll released as races heat up for the White House and down-ballot offices.

In the survey, from the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the Center for Political Accountability, 87% said public companies should be required to have a code of conduct to set rules for their political spending.

Zicklin and the Center for Political Accountability said the findings boost their efforts to urge companies to adopt their model code of conduct ...