AARP

Washington D.C.
Insurance

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

The AARP, an interest group representing U.S. citizens over the age of 50, has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. AARP does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination. AARP does not fund ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression, though it has supported ideological causes such as gun control and Facebook censorship. For these reasons, AARP receives a "Medium Risk" rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

There are no publicly known instances of AARP terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

AARP does not prohibit contributions to faith-based charities (1).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

Risk Level
Rationale

AARP does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

AARP has published multiple blogs supporting gun control (1). AARP also endorsed Obamacare (2). AARP has promoted Facebook’s mid-pandemic bans on certain speech regarding the COVID-19 vaccine (3)(4).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

AARP has not used its corporate funds to support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression.

Criteria

Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

AARP does not operate a PAC at this time.

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
March 23, 2023

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