Amdocs - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Amdocs is Medium Risk.

Amdocs is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. Amdocs occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Lower Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	Lower Risk
Political Actions	No Data

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled 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:

Medium

Rationale:

Amdocs integrates ESG into its business practices. “Supplier is expected to manage and report greenhouse gas emissions” (1). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Amdocs does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Amdocs requires its managers to take a “mandatory learning module on unconscious bias” (1). The company offers LGBTQ+ training to its professionals and managers (2). The company offers diversity training to its managers and team leads (3). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its hiring. From its CSR & ESG Report 2023-June 2024: “We are continuously working to enhance representation by expanding our intentionally diverse hiring practices and increasing visibility in our communications and content” (4). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (5).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Amdocs supports DEI within its business practices. From its CSR & ESG Report 2023-June 2024: “At Amdocs, we believe gender diversity is crucial to our identity, creativity, and product development” (1). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its CSR & ESG Report 2023-June 2024: “The Board of Directors monitors the integration of ESG into decision-making processes, encourages sustainable business strategies, and oversees engagement with critical stakeholders” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Amdocs has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Amdocs does not operate a PAC or report on its lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).