Kohl’s
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Summary:
Kohl's fired an employee after they opposed a "racial equity" clothing line; the employee has filed a retaliation lawsuit. Kohl's does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. Kohl's does require unconscious bias training for all employees and advocates for LGBTQ Pride Month. It has not used its corporate dollars to advance ideological causes hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Kohl's receives a "High 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.
Kohl’s received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). Allegedly, a lawsuit was permitted to go on from a former supervisor at Kohl’s, alleging she was fired as retaliation for opposing a “racial equity” line of merchandise that included logos and slogans similar to those used by Black Lives Matter (2).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Kohl’s does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Kohl’s does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Kohl’s had all of its recruiters attend an “Unconscious Bias, Influencing, Diversity Sourcing, and Diversity 101 training” (1). Additionally, all employees had to attend “unconscious bias” training as of 2020. Kohl’s also celebrates LGBTQ Pride Month, including launching a line of Pride Month merchandise (2). While promising to fight racial justice, Kohl’s CEO also condemned “systemic racism” and confirmed full unconscious bias training for the whole company (3). Kohl’s also has a “racial equity” line of clothing, with logos similar to those commonly used by Black Lives Matter (4).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Kohl’s has not donated to any ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Kohl’s does not have a PAC (1). It does not use political contributions for political purposes.
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December 28, 2022
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