National Instruments
Corporate Bias Rating
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National Instruments often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. National Instruments occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.
View Full Corporate Bias Ratings ReportHas canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.
National Instruments integrates ESG into its business practices. It integrates “DEIB considerations…into decisions about policies, practices, programs, and budgets” (1). However, National Instruments has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2)(3).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
National Instruments does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.
National Instruments appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its hiring. From its 2022 Corporate Impact Report Summary: “Formed an Inclusive Hiring Accelerator Team focused on strengthening inclusive hiring practices, sourcing talent from more diverse candidate pools.” National Instruments offers inclusivity training to its employees through a conversation series (1). The company does not publish a nondiscrimination policy (2).
Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
National Instruments supports ESG within its business practices. The company stated “oversight, management, and implementation of ESG programs and initiatives are structured to ensure these efforts are truly cross-functional and collaborative and are championed by executive leadership” (1). The company’s CEO, Eric Starkloff, signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace (2)(3).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Board Bias
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