UnitedHealth Group

Risk Level:

Medium Risk

Summary:

UnitedHealth Group has not publicly terminated any business relationships due to beliefs or views. However, UnitedHealth Group fails to protect employees from viewpoint discrimination and discriminates against religious charities. The company also vets vendors for pro-LGBTQ policies and has pledged to engage with and advance the LGBTQ movement. However, UnitedHealth Group does not fund ideological organizations hostile to freedom of expression, though it does provide travel benefits for abortions. For these reasons, UnitedHealth Group 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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UnitedHealth Group 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 known instances of UnitedHealth firing anyone because of political or religious 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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Rationale

UnitedHealth Group refuses to match employee giving to “houses of worship,” even those with a registered charitable tax-exempt status (1)(2).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

UnitedHealth Group does not protect against viewpoint discrimination in its nondiscrimination policy (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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Rationale

While UnitedHealth Group has committed to multiple acts of public advocacy for the LGBTQ movement, they have generally avoided corporately advocating for ideological issues or policies (1).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

UnitedHealth Group provides travel benefits for abortions (1). UnitedHealth is a Silver sponsor of Out and Equal (2).

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

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UnitedHealth Group has a record of giving in a bipartisan manner to advance business interests (1). It does not give to ideological PACs or causes (2).

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March 28, 2023

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