Emerson Electric

Missouri
Technology Hardware and Equipment

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Emerson Electric has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, though it does vet suppliers according to its LGBTQ policies. Emerson Electric does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. The company has advocated for the Equality Act and hosts unconscious bias trainings for employees. The company has not financially supported ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Emerson Electric receives a "Medium 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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Emerson Electric has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. The company received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Emerson Electric 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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Rationale

Emerson Electric’s gift-matching program does not discriminate against faith-based charities or organizations (1). However, the company “will not provide funding support to organizations that deny service or other involvement based on race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, gender/gender identity, disability status, national origin, ethnicity or age” (2).

Criteria

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

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Emerson Electric 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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Emerson Electric signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (1). Emerson Electric also hosts unconscious bias trainings for employees, and all “upper-level management positions” have experienced such trainings (2).

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

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Emerson Electric has not publicly donated to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1)(2)(3).

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

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Emerson Electric has not used its PAC for ideological purposes (1)(2). The PAC terminated in the 2022 election cycle.

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March 24, 2023

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