Tailored Brands

The Men's Wearhouse, JoS. A. Bank Clothiers
Texas
Retailing

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Although Tailored Brands does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees, it has not canceled contracts or fired employees for their views. Tailored Brands does pledge to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies, though. The Men's Wearhouse has promoted ideological agendas through its social media accounts and advertising. The company has not used its corporate funds to advance external agendas. For these reasons, Tailored Brands receives a Medium Risk rating.

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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.

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Tailored Brands received a score of 95 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (1). Among other requirements, this indicates that Tailored Brands requires suppliers to provide sexual orientation and gender identity nondiscrimination protections (2). There are no publicly known examples of Tailored Brands firing employees or canceling contracts based on viewpoints.

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Tailored Brands restricts its charitable giving to veteran and military families, women’s health, disaster recovery, and DEI. It does not have a specific rule discriminating against religious organizations in its charitable giving (1).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Tailored Brands 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.

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Men’s Wearhouse has featured LGBT couples in advertisements, drawing criticism (1)(2). Men’s Wearhouse has also promoted narratives of systemic racism in support of Black Lives Matter (3).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

There are no publicly known cases of Tailored Brands donating 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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N/A
Rationale

Tailored Brands does not have a PAC.

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May 11, 2023

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