Cengage
Corprate Bias Ratings
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Summary:
Cengage Group, which is an education and technology company, has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Cengage does not make donations to religious organizations and does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination. Cengage signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, is a member of the Business Coalition for the Equality Act, and offers unconscious bias training for its employees. Cengage celebrates Pride Month by hosting various LGBTQ events for its employees. Cengage covers the cost of "medically necessary transition-related care” for its employees and their children. For these reasons, Cengage Group 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.
Cengage received a 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) (1). Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies and advocate for LGBTQ communities and policies. Cengage has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on views or beliefs.
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Cengage does not make charitable donations to religious organizations (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Cengage does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Cengage signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion Pledge and is a member of the Business Coalition for the Equality Act (1)(2). Cengage offers unconscious bias training for all employees and offers and a Pride ERG (3). Cengage celebrated Pride Month by hosting a panel discussion on the LGBTQ community (4). Gale, a subsidiary of Cengage, celebrated Pride Month by exploring Queer history and completing LGBTQ fellowship projects (5).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Cengage 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). Cengage uses company funds to support social justice causes, although it does not publish which causes (3).
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November 28, 2023
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