Ernst & Young (EY)

Commercial and Professional Services

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Ernst & Young (EY) corporately supports the Equality Act and donates to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). There are no publicly known cases of employees being fired from EY for their religious or political beliefs, despite EY not having viewpoint discrimination protections for employees. The company has not canceled clients due to personal beliefs. For these reasons, EY 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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EY 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 HRC. Among other requirements, this means Ernst & Young 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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EY’s foundation supports educational institutions through gift matching. EY’s gift-matching requirements do not have any regulations prohibiting donations to religious schools (1).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

EY does not protect its 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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EY signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (1). The company also spoke out against various state legislature efforts to pass election integrity laws (2).

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

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EY is a corporate sponsor of the HRC (1). EY provides travel benefits for abortion (2).

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

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EY has not used political contributions for ideological purposes (1).

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December 30, 2022

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