Booz Allen Hamilton

Washington D.C.
Commercial and Professional Services

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

Booz Allen Hamilton does not have viewpoint protections for employees and requires vendors and charities to have strict nondiscrimination policies for gender and identity, regardless of belief. However, it has not publicly terminated business relationships due to viewpoints. Booz Allen has rarely used its corporate power to support ideological agendas or groups hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Booz Allen Hamilton receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

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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.

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Rationale

Booz Allen Hamilton has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. The company received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Booz Allen Hamilton 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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Rationale

Booz Allen will donate to “secular programs led by religious organizations that maintain public charity status… and affirm they have nondiscriminatory policies and/or practices” (1).

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Booz Allen does not protect its 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.

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Rationale

Booz Allen signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (1). It has not used its corporate reputation to support other ideological causes or organizations, however.

Criteria

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

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Booz Allen does not donate to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1)(2).

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

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Booz Allen’s PAC contributes in a bipartisan manner without ideological intent (1).

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March 23, 2023

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