Ball Corporation
Corprate Bias Ratings
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Summary:
Ball Corporation (Ball Corp.) is a packaging and aerospace manufacturing company headquartered in Colorado. Ball Corp. vets vendors according to LGBTQ policies and does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination, though the company has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. The company covers the cost of "medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children. Ball Corp. is a signatory of CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion and the Business Roundtable's 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism. The company discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving. However, it has not used its corporate dollars or PAC contributions for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Ball Corp. receives a Medium Risk rating.
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.
Ball Corp. received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (1). Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. However, Ball Corp. has not publicly terminated any business relationships due to views or beliefs.
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
The Ball Foundation will not provide grants to “religious groups for religious purposes” (1). However, this implies that the company will fund religious organizations that engage in nonsectarian charitable giving.
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Ball Corp. has a perfect score on the HRC’s 2022 Corporate Equality Index. This score indicates the company covers the cost of “medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children (1)(2). The company has signed CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which advocates for a variety of policies, including left-wing views regarding election security and unconscious bias training (3). CEO Dan Fisher is a member of the Business Roundtable, and former CEO John A. Hayes signed the 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism over traditional obligations to shareholders and customers (4)(5).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
The Ball Corp. PAC has donated in a bipartisan manner in accordance with business interests (1).
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August 18, 2023
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