Christian Dior

Risk Level:

Medium Risk

Summary:

Christian Dior SE is a luxury fashion house based in Paris. Though Dior is not officially an LVMH subsidiary, Dior is owned by LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, and Dior is a large shareholder in LVMH. Thus, the larger LVMH conglomerate acts as a parent company to Dior. Dior provides protections against political viewpoint discrimination, and the company has not publicly terminated business relationships due to ideological differences. However, the company's medical benefits cover abortion-related travel costs, and high-ranking employees have criticized the overturning of Roe v. Wade via official company channels. For these reasons, Dior receives a Medium Risk rating.

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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

Dior has not unfairly terminated business relationships due to ideological differences.

Criteria

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

Risk Level

Rationale

Dior’s charitable activities are grouped with those of LVMH (1). LVMH unilaterally disqualifies all religious organizations and houses of worship from its donation matching program (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level

Rationale

The Christian Dior Group prohibits discrimination based on “political convictions” (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

Dior has not corporately endorsed or advanced ideological agendas. However, after the US Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri gave an interview in which she criticized the decision (1). Dior used transgender celebrity Jin Xing to announce its new fragrance, Dior J’adore (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level

Rationale

After the Roe v. Wade decision, LVMH leadership reiterated that LVMH already reimburses employees for abortion-related travel costs (1). Though Dior is not legally a subsidiary of LVMH, the two corporations have the same leadership, and Dior cites LVMH-wide rules on its employment page (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level

N/A

Rationale

Dior does not have a PAC or engage in political lobbying.

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February 23, 2023

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