SP Plus Corporation - 1792 Exchange

Corporate Bias Rating

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Medium Risk

Summary:

SP Plus Corporation often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. SP Plus Corporation occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

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Corporate Weaponization

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Has canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

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SP Plus Corporation integrates ESG into its business practices. “This report highlights our commitment to integrating our ESG Guiding Principles into our everyday business practices” (1). The company also prioritizes diversity in its recruitment (2). However, SP Plus Corporation has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

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Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

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SP Plus Corporation does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).

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Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

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SP Plus Corporation started providing unconscious bias training for its employees in 2021 (1). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (2).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

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Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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SP Plus Corporation supports DEI within its business practices, forming the SP+ Inclusion Council (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (2).

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Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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SP Plus Corporation has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

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Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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SP Plus Corporation does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).

Board Bias

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1792 Exchange has not yet compiled data about the board of directors or political contributions of leadership for this company.