While Walgreens has not canceled any business relationships due to views or beliefs, the company has received negative press for firing employees that claimed they were wrongly terminated. In each of these cases, Walgreens has not lost a wrongful termination lawsuit. In one prominent example, a pharmacist was fired for stopping an armed robbery using his legally concealed firearm (1). Nonetheless, there are no specific instances of political or religious discrimination. Walgreens 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 (2)(3). Walgreens has applied for FDA approval to dispense abortion drugs (4).

Walgreens focuses its charitable giving on education, health, community outreach, and emergency and disaster relief (1). Walgreens states that it does give to faith-based groups as long as the donation fits into these categories and is designed to benefit the community at large and not just the specific religious community. Walgreens has selected four nonprofits associated with health relief for employees to give to.

Although shareholders discussed improving Walgreens hiring nondiscrimination policy to protect against viewpoint discrimination, the company does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).

Walgreens spoke out to denounce state legislation that prevented transgenders from competing in girls sports or using the women’s restroom (1). Walgreens supports LGBTQ intersectionality (2).

Walgreens donated to the Trevor Project (1)(2). It has not funded other ideological groups or causes hostile to freedom of belief.

Walgreens does not use its political donations for ideological purposes (1)(2).