Social Issues

Beyond their core businesses, our clients increasingly turn to us to help them better understand their relationship to their customers and the larger community.  Recent examples include:

• Corporate responsibility on societal issues, ranging from the environment to child labor laws.
•  Obesity and it's impact on public health
•  Animal rights and product safety testing
•  American teenagers problems related to drugs and alcohol, sex-related issues and fear of loss or death.

In addition, we have conducted studies for government agencies and non-for-profit organizations on such diverse topics as:

•  Knowledge of and attitudes toward mental health and public stigma
•  Awareness of and attitudes toward deregulation of the utilities industry
•  Familiarity with and usage of state parks
•  Public reaction to proposed changes in state taxes