Robert Half

Protiviti
California
Accounting Payroll & HR Services, Commercial and Professional Services

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Danger
High Risk

By complying with Human Rights Campaign’s controversial demands, Robert Half increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. The company covers transgender-related medical costs for its employees and their children. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, and philanthropic support. Robert Half attended Lesbians Who Tech & Allies 2022 Pride Summit, co-hosted a panel on the LGBTQ+ community, and has alliances with The National Urban League. Robert Half advocates for other companies to implement ESG criteria and publicly support the BLM movement. However, the company has not publicly terminated business relationships based on political views or religious beliefs. For these reasons, Robert Half receives a Medium Risk rating.

Criteria
Risk Level
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.

Risk Level
Rationale

Robert Half received a score of 65 on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). Robert Half integrates ESG into its business practices (3). However, the company has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

Criteria

Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

Risk Level
Rationale

Robert Half’s HRC CEI rating indicates the company will not donate to non-religious charities unless they embrace controversial sexual identity policies (1)(2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Robert Half does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Robert Half attended Lesbians Who Tech & Allies 2022 Pride Summit, and co-hosted a panel with It Gets Better, an LGBTQ organization (1). Robert Half has alliances with the National Urban League and other DEI groups, and the company promotes its LGBT ERG. (2)(3). Robert Half advocated for other companies to implement ESG criteria in a blog post called, “Why an ESG Program Is Critical to the New Social Contract With Your Employees” and published a statement in support of Juneteenth and Black Lives Matter (4)(5).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Robert Half’s HRC 2023 CEI rating indicates the company covers transgender related costs for its employees and their children, including paid short-term leave, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest surgeries, genital surgeries, medical visits and lab monitoring, travel and lodging. Additionally, the company has pledged philanthropic support of at least one organization or event that promotes sex and gender ideology (1)(2). By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company increases health care costs and risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. Robert Half is a copper sponsor of Out & Equal (3). Robert Half and its subsidiary Protiviti are corporate partners of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (4).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Robert Half does not operate a PAC at this time (1)(2).

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March 8, 2024

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