Ariel Investments
Corporate Bias Rating
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Ariel Investments 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. Ariel Investments 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.
Ariel Investments integrates ESG into all its business practices. It “formally expanded ESG integration to all [its] assets under management.” (1). The company is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment, incorporating ESG issues into investment analysis, decision-making, and other business practices (2)(3). However, the company has not publicly canceled business relationships based on political views or religious beliefs (4).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Ariel Investments does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. The company’s charitable giving focus areas are “education, social justice, civic engagement, DEI, and health and social services” (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.
Ariel Investments does not publish a nondiscrimination policy (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Ariel Investments CEO is a signatory to CEOs for Gun Safety (1). The company is a signatory to the CFA Institute’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Code, indicating its support of DEI in its recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and promotions. Furthermore, the company pledges to integrate DEI into its policies, promote DEI in the investment industry, and provide regular reporting on its DEI metrics to the CFA Institute (2)(3)(4). The company’s CEO, John W. Rogers, signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace, strategize on DEI programs/initiatives with other signatories, and engage boards of directors when developing and evaluating DEI strategies (5)(6).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
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