Twenty‑three retired Harvard Business School professors, led by Teresa M. Amabile and Richard S. Tedlow, published a joint letter warning that attacks on electoral integrity threaten the institutional foundations that businesses and markets rely on. The signatories framed fair and free elections as essential to economic stability and urged business leaders to recognize democratic norms as systemic risk factors. The retired faculty intentionally did not endorse candidates; their appeal tied democratic health to predictable institutions, rule of law, and market trust. The move marks a rare collective public intervention by senior business‑school scholars and signals growing faculty and alumni engagement in civic debates. For business schools, the episode highlights reputational and governance questions: how faculties, administrators and donors navigate civic advocacy, faculty public statements, and institutional neutrality will remain a live issue ahead of elections and regulatory scrutiny.