Oxford University Press

United Kingdom
Commercial and Professional Services, Educational Resources

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Oxford University Press, which is the largest university press in the world, has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Oxford University Press does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination, publishes children's books that advocate for same sex parents, and encourages children to support the BLM movement. For these reasons, Oxford University Press receives a Medium Risk rating.

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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.

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Rationale

Oxford University Press has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based 0n views or beliefs.

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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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Rationale

Oxford University Press does not operate a charitable giving program.

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

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Rationale

Oxford University Press does not have a written policy to 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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Rationale

Oxford University Press publishes LGBTQ books and resources, including “The Oxford Handbook of Sexual and Gender Minority Mental health,” and a children’s book, “Pirate Mums,” which features same-sex parents (1)(2)(3). Oxford University Press is a member of the Coalition for Diversity & Inclusion in Scholarly Communications, which advocates for DE&I ideologies and hosts a DE&I training program which includes unconscious bias and allyship materials (4)(5). Oxford University Press partnered with the 500 Word Competition, which encourages children to support the BLM movement and has also used its blog to defend the BLM movement (6)(7).

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

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Rationale

Oxford University Press does not use corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies.

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

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N/A
Rationale

Oxford University Press does not operate a PAC or make political donations.

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November 21, 2023

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