Global Payments
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Summary:
Global Payments has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, though it does vet suppliers according to its LGBTQ policies. The company has signed onto the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which has supported ideological policy and voting reforms. Global Payments does not have viewpoint protection for its employees. Global Payments supports ideological causes and political statements but has not used corporate dollars to support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Global Payments receives a "Medium Risk" rating.
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.
Global Payments received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (1). Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. Global Payments has no history of publicly firing employees, suppliers, or vendors due to political or religious differences.
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Global Payments’ charitable giving is primarily focused on the areas of health, education, and disaster relief, and the company allows the matching of donations to religious organizations that engage in nonsectarian community work (1)(2). It does not match donations to ministries or churches, however (3).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Global Payments does not protect employees from political viewpoint discrimination (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Global Payments is a member of CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, which has used its platform to support many left-wing causes, including Black Lives Matter and Democratic policy-based election reform (1)(2)(3)(4). Global Payments has partnered with Mastercard to offer a “True Identity” card, which allows transgender individuals to change their name on the card as they please (5).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
The Global Payments PAC is bipartisan and focused on business interests (1).
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March 24, 2023
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