S.C. Johnson

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Wisconsin
Household and Personal Products

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., doing business as S.C. Johnson, vets vendors according to LGBTQ policies and does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination. S.C. Johnson has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. The company uses its reputation and corporate dollars to support LGBTQ causes. However, it has not used its PAC contributions for ideological purposes. For these reasons, S.C. Johnson 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

There are no publicly known cases of S.C. Johnson terminating business relationships due to religious or ideological beliefs. S.C. Johnson received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Among other requirements, this indicates that S.C Johnson vets suppliers according to their LGBTQ policies (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

S.C. Johnson will make contributions to all religious charities based on its nondiscrimination requirement (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

S.C. Johnson does not have a written policy to protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination (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

S.C. Johnson has partnered with Out and Equal, which engages in LGBTQ-related legislative advocacy (1)(2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

S.C. Johnson is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (1). S.C. Johnson has partnered with the Milwaukee Urban League, though the funding has been for local community-building activities rather than ideological advocacy (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

S.C. Johnson does not use its PAC or lobbying funds for ideological purposes (1)(2).

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May 25, 2023

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