Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.

California
Commercial and Professional Services

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc, an American talent agency, vets vendors for LGBTQ policies and does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees. However, it has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Its CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace. Endeavor Group also started a PAC that gave exclusively to democratic candidates. The company frequently uses its reputation and corporate funds to support LGBTQ issues and organizations. For these reasons, Endeavor Group receives a Medium Risk rating.

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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

Endeavor Group has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. Its Code of Conduct requires vendors to include sexual orientation and gender identity in their nondiscrimination policy (1). However, it has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Endeavor Group Holdings does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Endeavor Group Holdings 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.

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Rationale

Endeavor Group Holdings has hosted allyship and antiracism conversations. The company has also attended the Nashville Proud Steps event which highlights the LGBTQ community. The CEO of Endeavor Group Holdings hosted a dinner roundtable discussing best practices for diversity and inclusion. The company also works with Naomi Osaka who supports the Black Lives Matter movement and uses her name to stand against police brutality (1). The CEO of Endeavor Group Holdings has also signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Endeavor Group Holdings partners with Stonewall UK to implement inclusive policies, programs, and campaigns that best support our LGBTQ+ employees and partners. Endeavor Group Holdings also partnered with the Frieze Impact Prize which exposes racially biased perceptions and awards an artist who’s work contributes to end mass incarceration. The company also partnered with GLSEN to host LGBTQ and DEI training (1).

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

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Rationale

Endeavor Group Holdings created a PAC in 2016 to give to “leaders who champion an inclusive, entrepreneurial, innovative society and advocate for initiatives committed to these same core values”. All subsequent donations went to Democrats (1)(2)(3).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
November 21, 2023

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