U.S. corporations are facing the most challenging environment for shareholder relations and communications since the recession of the early 1990s. Without question, the current economy is causing some companies to suffer from a โ€œbunker mentalityโ€โ€”instead of going on the offense to tell their investors what their strategy is to deal with an uncertain economic environment, they close up, follow their course unswervingly, and hope for these trying times to pass.