Discover

Illinois
Diversified Financials

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Danger
High Risk

Discover vets vendors according to LGBTQ policies and does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination. Discover embraces and implements ESG principles into its business practices, including for vendors. Discover has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. The company covers the cost of "medically necessary transition-related care" for its employees and their children and is a member of the Business Coalition for the Equality Act. Discover specifically matches funds to the ACLU, EJI, and National Urban League. Discover signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge and is a silver sponsor of Out & Equal. The company discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving and uses its PAC in an ideological manner. For these reasons, Discover receives a High 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

Discover received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Among other requirements, this means Discover has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). Discover integrates ESG into all of its business practices (2)(3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Discover discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Discover does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (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

Discover is a member of the Business Coalition for the Equality Act (1). Discover’s CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace (2). Discover is committed to implementing and expanding unconscious bias training for its employees (3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Discover 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). Discover enables matching employee donations to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), and the National Urban League (3)(4). Discover also pledged an undisclosed sum of corporate funds to the Black Lives Matter movement and related causes and is a Silver sponsor of Out and Equal (5)(6).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Discover donated to the Equality PAC but has not lobbied for ideological policies (1)(2)(3).

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November 28, 2023

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