Rogers

Canada
Media and Entertainment

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Rogers does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees but has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views. Rogers has signed the BlackNorth Pledge, which advocates for "expanding unconscious and anti-bias training". Rogers supports ESG in its business practices and funds organizations that support "2SLGBTQ+ and BIPOC youth". However, Rogers does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. For these reasons, Rogers 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

Rogers has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Rogers does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. Ted Rogers Community Grants focus on supporting youth in “education, health, sport[s], entrepreneurship, and digital literacy” (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Rogers does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1)(2).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Rogers has signed the BlackNorth Pledge, which advocates for “expanding unconscious and anit-bias training” (1). Rogers has committed to “provid[ing] advertising and creative services to support local businesses owned by…2SLGBTQ+” individuals (2). Rogers supports ESG in its business practices and is aiming for net zero emission by 2050 (3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Rogers funds “organizations that support 2SLGBTQ+ and BIPOC youth” (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Rogers using its corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Rogers does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).

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October 3, 2023

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