Chick-fil-A

Georgia
Food Beverage and Tobacco

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

Chick-Fil-A has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. Chick-Fil-A does not use its funds for ideological purposes, although the company has paused donations to leftist and Christian groups over activist pressure. Chick-Fil-A has not used its corporate reputation to advance an ideological agenda. For these reasons, Chick-fil-A receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
Rationale
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.

Risk Level
Rationale

Chick-Fil-A has not publicly terminated any business relationships due to viewpoints or beliefs. It does not ideologically vet its suppliers.

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

Chick-Fil-A restricts its charitable giving to support ending hunger, addressing homelessness, and increasing educational opportunities for K-12 students. It does not discriminate against faith-based charities (1). However, Chick-Fil-A stopped donating to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Salvation Army after pressure from leftist activist groups (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Chick-Fil-A does not protect 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.

Risk Level
Rationale

Chick-Fil-A has not used its corporate reputation to advance an ideological agenda.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Chick-Fil-A does not donate to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1). A Chick-Fil-A franchise made a one-time $2,500 donation to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in 2017, but the company has since distanced itself from the SPLC (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Chick-Fil-A does not have an active PAC (1).

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March 23, 2023

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