Timothy Plan
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:
Timothy Plan has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1). As such, the firm pre-emptively filters companies to ensure they align with Biblical precepts. Timothy Plan will not do business with companies that have stakes in alcohol, tobacco, gambling, pornography, or abortion. Timothy Plan extends this philosophy to entertainment by avoiding investments with companies that depict sexual activity or drug use in entertainment and advertisements (2).
Criteria:
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Risk Level:
LowerRationale:
Timothy Plan 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:
MediumRationale:
Timothy Plan does not publish a nondiscrimination policy (1).
Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria:
Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Risk Level:
LowerRationale:
Timothy Plan 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:
Timothy Plan has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).