Digi International Inc. - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Digi International Inc. is Medium Risk.

Digi International, Inc. 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. The company 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:

Digi promotes divisive sex and gender policies. Its Global Code of Ethics and Business Conduct requires international vendors to include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination policy (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:

Digi does not appear to 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:

Digi requires its employees to take unconscious bias and DEI training (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its Corporate Governance guidelines: The company’s Nominating and Governance Committee assesses the composition of the board, which “should include issues of judgment, diversity, age, length of Board service, skills such as understanding of relevant technologies, international background, etc.” (2). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment. From its ESG statement: “We’ve enhanced our recruiting practices to assure we build more diverse candidate pools as well as reducing bias in the employment offer selection process” (3). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (4).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Digi’s CEO Ron Konezny signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace, strategize on DEI programs/initiatives with other signatories, and engage boards of directors when developing and evaluating DEI strategies (1)(2). The company supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Committee (3). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its ESG statement: “It is imperative for us to promote and foster an inclusive and diverse culture that values differences, honors our cultural imperatives, and actively engages within our communities” (4). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its ESG statement: “Digi International is committed to improving the economic, social, and environmental impacts (ESG) of our business operations continually” (5).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Digi 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:

Digi does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).