Park Hotels & Resorts
Corprate Bias Ratings
Risk Level:
Summary:
Park Hotels & Resorts, a real estate investment trust, does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees. However, it has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. The company integrates ESG into all of its business practices and its CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace. However, it does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving and has not used corporate funds or lobbied for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Park Hotels & Resorts receives a Lower 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.
A Virginia-based Park Hotels & Resorts allegedly fired an employee in 2017 for not working on Sundays despite her religious beliefs. The jury ruled in favor of the employee but Hilton claims it was “unaware Pierre was a missionary, and never knew why she always wanted Sundays off (1). The company integrates ESG into all of its business practices. From its 2022 CSR Report, “While ESG practices have long been embedded throughout our Board’s governance practices, we formalized these practices by renaming the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to the Nominating, Governance & Corporate Responsibility (“NGCR”) Committee (2).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Park Hotels & Resorts does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. The company supports organizations “that provide services and resources to underserved populations and those in need of social, economic, educational, mental and physical support in our community” (1)(2).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Park Hotels & Resorts does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. requires annual diversity and inclusion training focused on DEI/ESG-specific training. The company supports DEI within its business practices, hosting a Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee (1)(2). Its CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace (3).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Park Hotels & Resorts has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).
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November 20, 2023
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