Pitney Bowes

Connecticut
Capital Goods

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Pitney Bowes vets vendors according to LGBTQ policies and does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination, but has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. The company is a member of the Civic Alliance, which opposes election security laws. Pitney Bowes has preferential hiring of LGBTQ organizations and is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Pitney Bowes is a signatory of the Business Roundtable's 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism. However, it has not used its PAC contributions for ideological purposes. For these reasons, Pitney Bowes receives a "Medium Risk" rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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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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Pitney Bowes received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (1). Among other requirements, this means Pitney Bowes vets suppliers according to LGBTQ policies.

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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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Pitney Bowes will donate to religious organizations that engage in community work under a separate 501(c)(3) status (1).

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

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Pitney Bowes does not protect 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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Pitney Bowes is a member of the Civic Alliance, a business coalition that opposes election security laws (1). Pitney Bowes is also a participant in CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion, which advocates for various left-wing policies and DEI programs (2). The company pushes ESG metrics, including preferential hiring of LGBTQ people (3). CEO Marc Lautenbach is a member of the Business Roundtable and signed its 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism over traditional obligations to shareholders and customers (4)(5).

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

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Pitney Bowes is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (1). Otherwise, it does not use corporate dollars to support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (2)(3).

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

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The Pitney Bowes Inc. PAC has donated in bipartisan manner in accordance with business interests (1).

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May 22, 2023

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