A new report by experts with the University of Tennessee (UT) Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) offers suggestions on how Tennessee school systems and educators can enhance the state’s financial education requirement for high school students.First and foremost, the financial education course should be a full credit, rather than the current half credit, according to study leaders.

A new study from the Strategic Management Journal suggests that on such a visible and contentious issue, silence still prompts backlash. The study helps explain why so many companies and CEOs are engaging in corporate activism on issues that do not seem to relate to their business strategy when it often triggers negative public responses. BLM presents an extreme example of public reaction, but likely a valid one amid the current sociopolitical discourse in the United States. As polarization grows, consumers are less likely to ever assume corporate neutrality. Although it’s tempting to avoid controversial social issues, corporate silence comes with costs.