Xerox

Connecticut
Software and Services

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

Xerox has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, though it does vet suppliers according to LGBTQ policies. Xerox does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. The company has supported the Equality Act and has, in the past year, appeared to halt all political giving to Republicans, despite previously donating in a bipartisan manner. For these reasons, Xerox receives a Medium Risk rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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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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Xerox received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign. Among other requirements, this means Xerox vets suppliers according to their LGBTQ policies (1). There are no publicly known cases of Xerox terminating business relationships due to ideological 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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Xerox limits its charitable giving to STEM education and disaster relief. Its volunteering program does not have restrictions on working with faith-based organizations (1).

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

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Xerox does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
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Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

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Xerox 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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Xerox is a Bronze sponsor of Out and Equal (1).

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

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Prior to 2022, Xerox’s PAC gave in a bipartisan manner. However, the company has suspended donations to all Republicans in the 2021–2022 cycle (1).

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

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