Dynatrace, Inc. - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Dynatrace, Inc. is Medium Risk.

Dynatrace 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:

Dynatrace integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2023 Global Impact Report: “As ESG becomes more embedded in our business practices and strategy, there’s a role for every member of the Dynatrace team to help drive our progress” (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its supply chain. From its Supplier Code of Conduct: “Dynatrace is committed to employing and strengthening our diversity and inclusion strategies and practices, and we expect our Suppliers to promote their own initiatives for achieving equity and inclusion in the workplace” (2). However, Dynatrace has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Dynatrace 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:

Dynatrace offers its employees to take Diversity, Equity and Inclusion compliance training (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its supply chain. From its Supplier Code of Conduct: “This includes efforts to source diverse suppliers (including actively supporting women, minority, LGBTQ, veteran, and disadvantaged owned businesses)” (2). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (3).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Dynatrace supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Senior Director and a Global Inclusion Council (1). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2023 Global Impact Report: “We’ve continued to invest time, resources, and tools to advance our ESG programs, including establishing an ESG Executive Steering Committee to guide our approach and drive our initiatives” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Dynatrace 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:

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