DaVita

Colorado
Health Care Equipment and Services

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

DaVita has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. It has not used its corporate reputation or company dollars to promote ideological causes or groups hostile to free expression. For these reasons, DaVita receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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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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DaVita has not terminated business relationships due to ideological beliefs. Although the company has received an 85 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign, it has not pledged to vet suppliers due to 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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DaVita’s sponsorship and grantmaking programs revolve primarily around the provision of medical care, and the company’s policy does not exclude religious organizations from consideration (1).

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

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DaVita does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
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Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

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DaVita has not used its corporate reputation to promote ideological agendas (1).

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

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DaVita has not used corporate dollars to support ideological organizations that are hostile to freedom of expression (1).

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

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After the events of January 6, 2021, DaVita announced that it would temporarily suspend all PAC contributions (1). However, the DaVita Inc. PAC has since resumed contributions without ideological intent (2).

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March 24, 2023

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