SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation)

Rating Overview

SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) is High Risk.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is High Risk. The company 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. SAIC embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues. 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	High Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	High Risk
Political Actions	High Risk

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:

SAIC received a score of 95 on the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). The company integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report: “To facilitate the strategy, SAIC established the ESG Council to delineate clear governance around the company’s sustainability efforts.” (3). The company promotes divisive sex and gender policies. Its Supplier Code of Conduct requires international vendors to include sexual orientation and gender identity in their nondiscrimination policy (4). However, SAIC has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (5).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

SAIC’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company will not donate to non-religious charities unless they embrace controversial sexual identity policies (1)(2). The company does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (3).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

SAIC’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company provides gender transition guidelines for its employees and a specific benefits guide with a comprehensive explanation of transgender services funded by the company (1)(2). The company offers “Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility training” for its recruiters and hiring managers (3). SAIC appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report: “We are committed to developing a diverse leadership team from within our existing workforce. We actively promote diverse slates of candidates for leadership roles.” (4). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its supply chain. From its 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report: the company is committed to “Develop, mentor and partner with diverse suppliers” (5). SAIC does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (6).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

SAIC’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company agrees to allow a controversial stakeholder group focused on sexual identity issues to dictate marketing or advertising strategy. By doing so, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). The company’s CEO, Nazzic Keene, signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace (3)(4). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report: “At SAIC, our diverse and inclusive workforce has become integral to who we are. Not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it is critical to providing our customers with new technologies and solutions enabled by diversity of thought and approaches” (5). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2023 Corporate Responsibility Report: “Our ESG strategy is a rolling three-year plan informed by the company’s strategic priorities, industry best practices, evolving government rules and regulations, third-party assessments of our ESG efforts, our inaugural materiality assessment and our own internal evaluation.” (6). The company scored an 85 out of 100 on the 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group (7)(8).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

SAIC’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company covers transgender related costs for its employees and their children, including paid short-term leave, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest surgeries, genital surgeries, medical visits and lab monitoring, travel and lodging. Additionally, the company has pledged philanthropic support of at least one organization or event that promotes sex and gender ideology. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company increases health care costs and risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). The company is a brass sponsor of Out & Equal (3). Through its employee resource group Equality Alliance, “SAIC sponsors, volunteers and supports employee activities at a host of regional Pride celebrations,” such as Youth Pride Fest in Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Upper Cumberland Pride in Cookeville, Tennessee; Capital Pride Festival in Washington, D.C.; San Diego Pride Festival in San Diego, California (4). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of SAIC using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (5).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

SAIC’s HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company publicly advocated for controversial sex and gender ideology through local, state or federal legislation or initiatives. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). The company has not used its PAC donations or lobbied for ideological purposes (3)(4)(5).