Corporate Organizing

Corporate Organizing here refers to organizations where corporate leaders meet to discuss how best to pursue their goals. These allow them to organize the economy and their political statements and funding. Close collaborations makes competition in a free market a comforting fantasy, and creates an entity that has more influence over the state than any democratic forces. These organizations also often function to connect the corporate ruling class to other facets of the ruling class, or have influence over the people who join the boards of many companies.

* International Chamber of Commerce - largest business organization in the world with 45 million members in over 100 countries
* World Economic Forum - International NGO, engages "business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas"
* US Chamber of Commerce - represents 300,000 business organizations, and is closely connected to many smaller chambers of commerce
	+ Smaller Chambers of Commerce exist in states, cities, and regions of different sizes, allowing businesses to organize for their collective interests on different scales. This creates political links between big businesses and small businesses, churches, and other local organizations.
* Business Roundtable - Association of CEOs of America’s leading companies
* Business Council - Association of 200 CEOs
* Partnership for New York City - Association of many New York Corporations
* Council on Foreign Relations - 5,103 member group that advises on foreign policy, made up of government officials and business leaders
* National Association of Corporate Directors - nonprofit includes the entire boards of 1,400+ corporations as well as several thousand individual members
* Private Directors Association - Association for the directors of private companies that assists corporations in selecting directors

While many of the above include a more long term commitment and organizing, though there are several events that are shorter and/or more informal.

* Alfalfa Club - Elite club of business and government leaders that meets annually
* WSJ CEO Council - summit of CEOs with interviews, hosted by the Wall Street Journal
* Yale CEO Summit - Invitation-only summit, advertises management from companies like Blackstone, Ford, PepsiCo, Dell, and Morgan Stanley, as well as leaders and some scholars from Yale, Harvard, Wharton, Colombia, and Emory. "Topics range from global strategies to leadership succession." They take place 2-3 times a year
* Conscious Capitalism Summit - Summit of "conscious" capitalists, connected to a network of business leaders called the Senior Leader Network
* Leaders on Purpose CEO Summit - summit that connects business leaders and the leaders of the IMF, the World Bank, and the UN.
* Industry-specific, for example:
	+ SISO CEO Summit - summit for CEOs marketed as "'THE' networking and information-sharing event of the year" for show organizers
	+ Destinations International CEO Summit - summit for destination marketing CEOs with a membership-based network that offers "hub connecting associations and industries to create trusted partnerships"
* There are many other summits, at least one major one for each major industry and one for most states and countries.

See Also:

American Corporate Monopolization

https://www.wsj.com/articles/wsj-ceo-council-features-interviews-with-janet-yellen-jamie-dimon-11620062237?st=mugq3vh5foyei7c&reflink=article\_copyURL\_share

https://som.yale.edu/faculty-research-centers/centers-initiatives/chief-executive-leadership-institute/programs/ceo-summit

https://ceosummit.consciouscapitalism.org/#

https://www.siso.org/ceo/the-ceo-summit#/

https://destinationsinternational.org/event/ceo-summit