Twenty‑three retired Harvard Business School professors published a joint letter in The Harvard Crimson warning that threats to free and fair elections pose systemic risks to markets and institutional trust. Led by Teresa M. Amabile and Richard S. Tedlow, the signees—prominent former faculty—framed election integrity as integral to economic stability and urged business leaders to defend democratic norms. The letter stops short of endorsing candidates but argues that functioning markets depend on predictable governance and rule of law. It signals an unusual collective intervention from business‑school elders into national political debate, reflecting broader faculty and alumni activism about civic institutions. For university leaders and board chairs, the episode highlights how retired faculty and alumni networks can rapidly shift public narratives about campus roles in civic life, and how business schools increasingly serve as platforms for cross‑sector institutional advocacy.