Do your homework before mixing business with politics By: Richard Randall, Contributing Writer May 10, 2021 2:04 pm As if you don’t have enough to think about while trying to lead your business to success, or today perhaps even survival, now you have a new area of concern. Should your business weigh in on controversial political issues? How do you respond to pressure from employees, customers, or activists? If you are going to weigh in, how should you choose to use your influence? If you’ve been off the planet recently you may have missed the controversy over new election rules in Georgia. As soon as the rules were signed into law, critics started shouting “voter suppression” and “Jim Crow.” President Biden even called it “Jim Eagle,” a new level of suppression.