Rackspace

Texas
Cloud & Data Storage

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Rackspace Technology, a cloud computing company, has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, though it does vet suppliers according to its LGBTQ policies. Rackspace Technology does not have viewpoint protection for its employees. It has used corporate funds to support ideological PACs. For these reasons, Rackspace 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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Rackspace has received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index. Among other requirements, this means the company has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies (1). Rackspace has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious or political 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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Rackspace does not publish guidelines prohibiting donations to faith-based charities (1).

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

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Rackspace does not protect against viewpoint discrimination in its nondiscrimination policy (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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There are no publicly known cases of Rackspace using its corporate reputation to externally advocate for ideological groups or causes hostile to freedom of expression (1).

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

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Rackspace’s foundation does not support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1). The company recently started sponsoring the Pride Center of San Antonio in Texas (2).

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

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Rackspace donates to the Fair Fight PAC, an ideological voting rights PAC founded by Stacey Abrams (1).

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March 24, 2023

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