Axon Enterprise - 1792 Exchange

Corporate Bias Rating

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Medium Risk

Summary:

Axon Enterprise 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. Axon 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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Axon has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).

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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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Axon does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1)(2).

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

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Axon does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1). The company prioritizes diversity in its hiring and promotion (2). Axon planned to implement unconscious bias training in 2020 (3).

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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Axon released a public statement on being anti-racist and fighting systemic racism following the death of George Floyd (1). The company participated in Pride parades and other pride celebrations in the month of June and hosted an educational brunch on LGBTQ+ issues (2). Axon offers educational opportunities on LGBTQIA+ history, rights, and conversations to all its employees (3)(4).

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

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Axon 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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Axon lobbied for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 and 2021, which seeks to address “systemic racism” in law enforcement (1)(2). Axon does not operate a PAC at this time (3)(4).

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.

Shareholder Proposals

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Date	ESG Category	Proponent	Summary of Resolution	Mgmt Rec	Total Vote % in Favor
5/31/23	Social	Jubitz Foundation	Shareholder proposal to discontinue the development of a non-lethal TASER drone system	Against	0.00%