Zappos

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Retailing

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Zappos is an online retailer of shoes and clothing. It has not terminated business relationships due to ideological beliefs. Zappos does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. The company has donated to ideological groups such as Color of Change and supports Pride movements and Black Lives Matter (BLM). Zappos does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination. For these reasons, Zappos 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.

Risk Level
Rationale

There are no publicly known cases of Zappos terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Zappos limits its charitable giving to children’s education and shoe and clothing drives (1). It does not publish any rules prohibiting partnerships with faith-based charities (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Zappos does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (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

Zappos advocated for the LGBTQ movement and created a webpage to shop its Pride Collection (1). Zappos published a statement and the names George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade on the front page of its site in support of BLM (2).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Zappos has donated to Color of Change (1).

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

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N/A
Rationale

Zappos does not operate a PAC at this time.

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
August 25, 2023

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