Dick’s Sporting Goods

Retailing

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Dick's Sporting Goods (DSG) has not terminated business relationships for ideological purposes, though it vets suppliers for their LGBTQ policies. The company does not have viewpoint protection for its employees. DSG provides reimbursement for abortion travel and has imposed hiring quotas to reach artificial diversity goals by 2025. The company also stopped selling certain gun accessories and "assault-style" weapons in 2018. For these reasons, Dick's Sporting Goods receives a "Medium 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

DSG received a score of 95 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

DSG restricts its charitable giving to youth sports sponsorships (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

DSG 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.

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Rationale

DSG hopes to achieve “50% BIPOC and/or women for entry-level hires for technology” by 2025 (1). In 2018, DSG stopped selling “assault-style” firearms, “high-capacity” magazines, and bump stocks in the wake of high gun control advocacy (2).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

DSG will “provide up to $4000 in travel expense reimbursement for employees, their spouse, or dependent enrolled in their company’s health plan who live in states where abortion is restricted. The benefit will also cover one support person’s travel expenses” (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

DSG does not have an active PAC.

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December 23, 2022

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