Siemens

Germany
Software and Services, Technology Hardware and Equipment

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

Siemens has not publicly fired employees or canceled contracts due to religious or political beliefs, although it does pledge to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. It supports the Equality Act but has not otherwise used its corporate reputation to advance ideological agendas. Siemens does not use its funds or reputation to support ideological groups or causes hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Siemens receives a "Lower 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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Siemens received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means the company has pledged to vet vendors based on LGBTQ policies (1). There are no publicly known cases of employees being fired for 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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Siemens restricts its charitable giving to educational pursuits (1). Siemens has a gift-matching program for donations to educational organizations. It does not discriminate against faith-based schools (2).

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

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Siemens 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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Siemens has signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (1).

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

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Siemens does not donate to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

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

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Siemens’ PAC donates in a bipartisan manner and does not support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
March 24, 2023

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