BNSF Railway

Texas
Transportation

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

BNSF Railway has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. However, the company does pledge to vet suppliers according to their LGBTQ policies. BNSF does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination, but it has not fired any employees for their political views. BNSF does not fund ideological causes or advance agendas. For these reasons, BNSF receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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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.

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BNSF Railway has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. The company received a score of 90 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means BNSF has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (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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BNSF Railway will not donate to “religious or faith-based organizations, unless the program does not promote a specific religion or faith and is not restricted to populations of specific religions or faiths” (1). The company does donate to faith-based charities such as Habitat for Humanity and other similar organizations (2).

Criteria

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

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BNSF Railway does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).

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

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Rationale

There are no publicly known cases of BNSF Railway using its corporate reputation to advance ideological agendas (1).

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

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BNSF Railway has matched employee donations to a wide variety of organizations, but otherwise does not use corporate dollars for ideological purposes (1). It has not funded ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression or partisan policies.

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

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Rationale

BNSF Railway has not used its PAC to donate to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1)(2).

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March 24, 2023

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