Toyota

Japan
Automobiles and Components

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Toyota has not publicly fired employees or canceled contracts due to political or religious beliefs, although it does vet vendors according to its LGBTQ policies. Toyota does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. Toyota is a sponsor of Out and Equal and supports the Equality Act. Toyota has weaponized its PAC, halting donations to Republican election objectors and donating to the Equality PAC. For these reasons, Toyota receives a "Medium Risk" rating.

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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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Toyota 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.

Criteria

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

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Toyota’s donation policy states: “Religious organizations must agree that the funds will be designated only to ongoing secular community service programs that do not propagate a belief in a specific faith and are open to all persons” (1). Toyota does not appear to discriminate against faith-based charities, though. Toyota’s employee donation matching guidelines are not publicly available.

Criteria

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

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Toyota does not protect its employees from political affiliation (viewpoint) discrimination in its employee nondiscrimination policy.

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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Toyota 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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Toyota’s foundation does not support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1). Toyota is a Bronze sponsor of Out and Equal (2).

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

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Toyota paused PAC donations to Republican election objectors after pressure from the anti-Trump activist group The Lincoln Project, who threatened to run advertisements criticizing Toyota for supporting objectors financially (1). Toyota has also donated to the Equality PAC (2).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
March 28, 2023

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