GP Strategies

Maryland
Commercial and Professional Services

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

GP Strategies lacks employee protections against viewpoint discrimination and uses its corporate reputation to advance a variety of divisive ideological causes. However, there are no known instances of GP Strategies funding ideological groups. Additionally, there are no public incidents of GP Strategies not conducting business due to political or religious viewpoints. For these reasons, GP Strategies earns a "Medium Risk" rating.

Criteria
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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

GP Strategies has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political 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
Rationale

GP Strategies Matching Gift Program supports “educational, health, and human services, youth, and civic organizations” (1). GP Strategies Employee Matching Program does not state whether religious organizations are included or exempt.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

GP Strategies does not protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination (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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GP Strategies advocates for the Equality Act and transgender participation in youth sports (1)(2)(3). GP Strategies has opposed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which prohibits teaching gender identity and sexual orientation in schools to kids in K-3rd grade (4) GP Strategies has committed to public advocacy for the LGBTQ movement (5). GP Strategies has committed to multiple acts of public advocacy for or engagement with the LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter movement (6). GP Strategies also promoted DEI trainings and metrics throughout corporations (7).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

There are no known instances of GP Strategies publicly funding ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

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

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N/A
Rationale

GP Strategies does not have a PAC.

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March 24, 2023

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