If corporations are people, every one is a psychopath willing to lie and cheat to get what they want.

Willing to murder too.

There are companies though with a progressive image that appeals to their progressive customers. Whether Corporate™ are progressive or not, they best beware when they offend their customer base.

To that end they are forced to behave progressively — so I don't think there's much of a distinction with regard to whether the company truly is or is not "progressive".

"progressive customers" are not the same as "social media influenced dimwits with more money than sense". or may be they are!

and what the heck do you mean by "progressive"?

The term is well understood and has its origins in the contrasting positions and approaches of "Progressive" and "Revolutionary" Marxists.

It has come to mean anyone who is generally left-liberal and favors achieving those policy goals through gradual reform rather than sudden reform, or direct action.

> The term is well understood and has its origins in the contrasting positions and approaches of "Progressive" and "Revolutionary" Marxists.

well-understood by marxists (are there any of them around any more?) but not i suggest by the rest of us.

or is this just another part of mad usa politics and wokeness?

There's dozens of us!

More seriously, revolutionary Marxist parties exist in all countries with varying degrees of success. Most of us are involved in the labour movement, often organising within unions.

I am in fact a little reluctant to use "progressive" since it is becoming overloaded and meaningless these days, but that was the term used by the OP so I'm going with it.

> There's no such thing as a progressive company.

There are progressive companies, but they are usually labor coops.

> There's no such thing as a progressive company

Patagonia.