DoorDash

Food and Staples Retailing

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

DoorDash has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. DoorDash supports the Equality Act. The company does not have viewpoint protection for its employees. It regularly uses corporate dollars to support groups such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Black Lives Matter (BLM). DoorDash also provides reimbursement for abortion travel. For these reasons, DoorDash 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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DoorDash received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the HRC. Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors based on 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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DoorDash had an employee raffle that would permit winners to donate $50,000 to a charity of their choice as long as it was vetted through the Dasher Community Council (a sort of internal union) and Voices from Dashers of Color Council (a minority-based employee resource group) (1).

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

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DoorDash does not protect its employees against 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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DoorDash signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (1).

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

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DoorDash is a corporate sponsor of the HRC (1). In 2020, DoorDash pledged $500,000 to BLM and $500,000 “to create a fund to be directed by the [email protected] ERG towards state and local organizations” (2). The company “will cover out-of-state travel costs for employees and dependents enrolled in its health plans for abortion-related care” (3).

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

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N/A
Rationale

DoorDash does not have an active PAC.

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
January 2, 2023

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