written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message wirthlin worldwide type private industry public opinion research founded 1969 headquarters reston va website wirthlin.com archived wirthlin worldwide was a political and business consulting firm founded by richard wirthlin in 1969 . it ceased to operate as a separate company on september 8 2004 when it was sold to harris interactive in a deal valued at 42 million . 1 2 3 wirthlin worldwide specialized in polls and their interpretation . in addition to political consulting wirthlin worldwide also provided research for non profits and industry covering topics as varied as hand washing behavior after using public toilets 4 post september 11 charitable giving 5 the impact of a company s ethical image on consumer purchasing behavior 6 and preferred methods for purchasing prescription drugs 7 contents 1 history 2 clients 3 references 4 external links history edit wirthlin worldwide originally decision making information inc 8 was founded in los angeles in 1969 by dr. richard bitner wirthlin . wirthlin was an economist with a phd in economics from the university of california berkeley . during its life it went through two name changes the wirthlin group in the 1990s and wirthlin worldwide at the beginning of the 21st century . it was finally sold and merged into harris interactive in the fall of 2004 . the company website was shut down and began redirecting to harris interactive on march 16 2005 . 9 10 when the firm was first founded its offices were in los angeles . in 1980 it was asked to help with the presidential campaign of then governor of california ronald reagan . this led to continued engagements throughout the two terms of president reagan including the second presidential campaign . wirthlin worldwide won the arf david ogilvy advertising grand winner award four times 11 most recently in 2002 for its research work on the robert wood johnson covering kids campaign . 12 by the time of its acquisition by harris interactive in 2004 wirthlin had grown from a small firm in los angeles to a global consultancy with offices in the united states europe and china . it also had an australian affiliate crosby textor clients edit during its history wirthlin worldwide worked for a variety of non profit political and industry organizations . industry clients included citation needed banking and financial services citibank manufacturing dupont lycra american plastics council international paper american furniture manufacturers medical pfizer pharmacia bristol myers squibb petroleum american petroleum industry mobil agriculture national cattlemen s beef association hospitality national restaurant association other syngenta organon unilever monsanto company non industry related non profit clients included citation needed the robert wood johnson foundation the committee of 100 references edit harris interactive announces fiscal first quarter results lexdon business library . last accessed 2004 03 25 . harriis interactive inc hpol unscheduled material events . last accessed 2004 03 26 . harris interactive buys wirthlin for 20 million and stock . direct september 13 2004 . the stock was valued at 21.8 m. another us airport travel hazard dirty hands . american society for microbiology sept. 15 2003 . last accessed 2007 03 25 . a survey of charitable giving after september 11th 2001 prepared by wirthlin worldwide for independent sector october 23 2001 . last accessed 2007 03 25 . the hidden costs of unethical behavior . josephson institute 2004 . last accessed 2007 03 25 . attitudes about mandatory mail order pharmacy national association of chain drug stores foundation nacdsf . last accessed 2007 03 25 . wirthlin worldwide our firm . last accessed 2007 03 26 . internet archive wayback machine . last accessed 2007 03 26 . on this date the archived pages begin redirecting to harris interactive . redirection page speaker biography richard wirthlin . american association of retired persons aarp . 2004 . last accessed 2007 03 25 . the arf david ogilvy advertising awards 2007 entry kit external links edit wirthlin worldwide at sourcewatch retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wirthlin worldwide & oldid 738191647 categories public opinion research companiesmanagement consulting firms of the united statesmanagement consulting firms of the united kingdommanagement consulting firms of chinamanagement consulting firms of belgiuminternational management consulting firmspolitical consulting firmscompanies established in 1969hidden categories articles with a promotional tone from november 2008all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2007 navigation menu personal tools not logged 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