Snowflake
Corporate Bias Rating
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Snowflake is Medium Risk. The company 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. The company 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.
View Full Corporate Bias Ratings ReportHas canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.
Snowflake promotes divisive sex and gender policies. Its Global Code of Conduct requires international vendors to include sexual orientation and gender identity in their nondiscrimination policy (1). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Snowflake does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.
Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Snowflake’s CEO apologized for comments he made, arguing that diversity was secondary to merit in the hiring process (1)(2). The company supports DEI within its business practices, hosting a DEI Council (3). The company supports DEI and ESG within its business practices. From its ESG at Snowflake page: “Environmental, Social and Governance at Snowflake[:] Snowflake strives to promote sustainability in our operations and products. We value the diversity of our workforce and are committed to doing what’s best for our customers, partners, and the community” (4).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Snowflake provides a benefits package for employees that helps provide for transgender medical procedures for covered employees and dependents, including children (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (2).
Board Bias
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