Discover

Illinois
Diversified Financials

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Discover does not work with vendors who do not have LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections and does not permit donations to religiously affiliated organizations. Discover has used funds to support leftist groups with ideological practices hostile to freedom of expression. The company does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. It has not used its reputation or political funds to advance any agendas. For these reasons, Discover receives a "Medium Risk" rating.

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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.

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Rationale

The company received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Discover has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). However, Discover has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views.

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Discover charitable funds must not benefit “organizations with specific religious affiliations” (1).

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

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Rationale

Discover does not protect its 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

Discover does not weaponize its corporate image.

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

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Rationale

Discover enables matching employee donations to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and NAACP (a partner of Black Lives Matter) (1). The CEO of Discover has also encouraged employees to donate to charities supporting racial justice, some are safe, and some are not (such as the ACLU) (2).

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

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Rationale

Discover uses all PAC contributions in a fair bipartisan manner without ideological intent (1)(2).

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March 21, 2023

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