Helmerich & Payne - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Helmerich & Payne is Medium Risk.

Helmerich & Payne 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:

Helmerich & Payne integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2024 Sustainability Report: “Corporate governance at H&P encompasses the oversight mechanisms that help us mitigate risk and facilitate the execution of environmental, social, and governance initiatives” (1). However, Helmerich & Payne has not publicly 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:

Helmerich & Payne 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:

Helmerich & Payne offers DEI and unconscious bias training to its employees (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment and hiring. From its HP Sustainability Report 2024: “Our DE&I strategy is applicable to hiring external talent as well as offering internal growth opportunities to our existing talent” (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:

Helmerich & Payne is committed to net zero emissions by 2050 (1). The company supports DEI within its business practices, hosting a DE&I Advisory Council (2). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2024 HP Sustainability Report: “H&P’s U.S. operations underwent a third-party DE&I Audit to assess the efficacy of our current initiatives and identify potential opportunities” (3). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its HP Sustainability Report 2024: “When certain supplier ESG-centered risks become apparent, our global supply chain team works with our HSE team to identify and mitigate these risks” (4).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Helmerich & Payne 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:

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