Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Rating Overview
Rating Criteria
Rating Criteria Detail
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:
LowerRationale:
AGG has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).
Criteria:
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Risk Level:
N/ARationale:
AGG does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).
Criteria:
Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.
Risk Level:
HighRationale:
AGG appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment and employee development. AGG is a founding member of the Atlanta Large Law Firm Diversity Alliance, which worked in partnership with the American Institute for Managing Diversity to develop “a curriculum to train law firm leadership on how to manage and improve diversity in their firms” (1). AGG does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (2).
Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria:
Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Risk Level:
LowerRationale:
AGG has not supported ideological causes or policies (1).
Criteria:
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Risk Level:
LowerRationale:
Arnall has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).