Talk:Conservative companies

A useful website for looking up recent spending of a company is: https://www.opensecrets.org --David B ^(TALK) 10:56, 22 January 2018 (EST)
Also, this is a nice list of potential candidates, but each one should be checked, since I see reason to disagree with some of their listings: http://www.theamericanmaverick.com/2012/11/top-american-companies-supporting.html --David B ^(TALK) 11:15, 22 January 2018 (EST)

Should it be turned into an essay, or is mainspace more appropriate? --1990'sguy (talk) 11:11, 22 January 2018 (EST)

That is a good question I am still trying to decide on. We have the liberal corporate bullies page in mainspace, so since this is more or less the opposite of that, I think they should probably go together. Our "best/worst" pages are typically essays, but then, this lies isn't saying "best" or "worst," but just attempting to research and list which company generally act in conservative ways. That is more objective than a best/worst list. Because of this, I'm leaning more towards mainspace, but I can go either way. Do you think it should be an essay? --David B ^(TALK) 11:15, 22 January 2018 (EST)

I guess I lean in favor of keeping this a mainspace article. I asked because it seemed to me to resemble the "best/worst" essays because of the "Debatable whether conservative" section. --1990'sguy (talk) 11:20, 22 January 2018 (EST)

I can go either way also. I am also open to other titles for that section, too. I'm using it for companies which seem to support both sides to some degree, but seem at present to be leaning conservative. This is (obviously) very much a work in progress. --David B ^(TALK) 11:29, 22 January 2018 (EST)

Texas "bathroom bill"

Here is a case where liberal companies sometimes support conservative values despite their apparent leanings:
"Many major tech companies have already come out against the measure, including Apple, Amazon, Google, Cisco, and Facebook. Another letter on Monday signed by 14 CEOs from Dallas-based companies like American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, At&T, and Texas Instruments also urged legislators to drop the bill." [1] It doesn't mean they are conservative, but might be useful information in later development of this page. --David B ^(TALK) 13:18, 22 January 2018 (EST)

What??? Companies urging conservative Texas legislators to drop a conservative bill to require public school students to use the bathroom of their biological gender does not sound like something conservatives would do. --1990'sguy (talk) 14:36, 22 January 2018 (EST)

Ummm..."hold the phone." I got something messed up in research. That's why this didn't sound right--it wasn't. Thanks. --David B ^(TALK) 14:44, 22 January 2018 (EST)

Brand vs parent name

Opinion question: What should we do when there is a conservative parent company, and thus multiple brands under them are as well? For example, Taco Bell is a brand which is conservative. However, this is because its parent company, "YUM! Brands" is conservative. This parent company also owns KFC and Long John Silver, which are therefore conservative as well. Is it best to be concise by listing the parent company (perhaps with some well-know child brands listed parenthetically) as I have been doing, or would it be better to list the well-known brands separately, then perhaps include the parent in parentheses? This would take more space, but might be more user-friendly. --David B ^(TALK) 17:26, 22 January 2018 (EST)

Duplicate

Well, I thought it seemed astonishing that we didn't have a page on this. As it turns out, we do: Greatest conservative corporations. I am thinking that since this page has a brander purpose, it should be kept. However, is it beneficial to keep both? should I perhaps change this to only list semi-conservatives? Any suggestions? --David B ^(TALK) 20:02, 23 January 2018 (EST)

I agree that this article is of higher quality than the older one. I recommend making the other article an essay, particularly as it has the word "greatest", which is subjective. It can have a link to this article and vice-versa. --1990'sguy (talk) 08:38, 24 January 2018 (EST)

Companies caving to the gun control lobby

If any of the companies listed in these articles (1, 2, 3, 4) are also listed in this CP article, we should probably note this. --1990'sguy (talk) 13:12, 24 February 2018 (EST)

Thanks for the heads-up. One company which was listed as "slightly conservative" (Hertz) has been demoted. I also added FedEx to that list, since they are still holding out in favor of the NRA, even though some of their other polices are liberal. --David B ^(TALK) 15:11, 24 February 2018 (EST)