Amdocs - 1792 Exchange

Corporate Bias Rating

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Medium Risk

Summary:

Amdocs 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. Amdocs 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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Amdocs integrates ESG into its business practices. “Supplier is expected to manage and report greenhouse gas emissions” (1). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2).

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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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Amdocs does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (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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Amdocs requires its managers to take a “mandatory learning module on unconscious bias” (1). The company offers LGBTQ+ training to its professionals and managers (2). The company offers diversity training to its managers and team leads (3). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its hiring. From its CSR & ESG Report 2023-June 2024: “We are continuously working to enhance representation by expanding our intentionally diverse hiring practices and increasing visibility in our communications and content” (4). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (5).

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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Amdocs supports DEI within its business practices. From its CSR & ESG Report 2023-June 2024: “At Amdocs, we believe gender diversity is crucial to our identity, creativity, and product development” (1). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its CSR & ESG Report 2023-June 2024: “The Board of Directors monitors the integration of ESG into decision-making processes, encourages sustainable business strategies, and oversees engagement with critical stakeholders” (2).

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

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Amdocs 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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Amdocs does not operate a PAC or report on its 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.