Box
Risk Level:
Summary:
Box has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, though it vets suppliers according to their LGBTQ policies. The company does not have viewpoint protection for its employees. Box covers out-of-state travel for an abortion. The company supports the Equality Act and opposed various pieces of state legislation which the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and others deemed "anti-LGBTQ." For these reasons, Box 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.
Box received a score of 100 from the HRC’s Corporate Equality Index, meaning that among other categories, it has pledged to vet vendors for support of LGBTQ policies (1).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Box limits its charitable giving to humanitarian missions and various nonprofits supporting children’s health and safety. There are no rules prohibiting donations to faith-based organizations (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Box Inc. does not protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Box Inc. advocates for the Equality Act (1). Its CEO, Aaron Levie, has signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge (2). The company also stands with the Don’t Ban Equality statement, which opposes abortion restrictions (3). Box is also among the 68 companies that signed the brief opposing North Carolina’s Bathroom Bill, HB2 (4). It signed with other corporations to oppose legislation deemed anti-LGBTQ (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.
Box does not operate a PAC.
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January 2, 2023
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