Spirit Airlines

Florida
Transportation

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Although Spirit Airlines does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees, it has not canceled contracts or fired employees for their views. Spirit promotes LGBTQ messaging and causes, donates to BLM-affiliated organizations, and requires DEI training for employees. Spirit does not discriminate against religious charities. For these reasons, Spirit Airlines 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

Spirit has not publicly fired employees or canceled contracts based on views or beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Spirit Airlines focuses its donations on three particular categories: children and families, service members, and the environment. It does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Spirit Airlines does not 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

Spirit Airlines has published statements supporting ideological causes including ESG and DEI (1)(2). Spirit has integrated ESG into its business practices, including required unconscious bias training (3). Spirit regularly promotes LGBTQ causes (4)(5)(6)

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Spirit Airlines donated a total of $250,000 to social justice-related organizations for the Black Lives Matter movement, and the list included various Urban League affiliates (1). Spirit Airlines donates to LGBTQ organizations (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Spirit Airlines does not use its PAC donations for ideological purposes (1)(2).

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May 11, 2023

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