HPE’s disclosure of a $50,000 lobbying expenditure reveals its engagement in influencing policy on technical and infrastructure issues. From an anti-fascist perspective, corporate lobbying can serve to protect elite interests and potentially undermine democratic representation and equitable policy-making, even if the amounts involved are moderate. This activity raises concerns about corporate influence in public policy.

Lobbying Update: $50,000 of HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY lobbying was just disclosed

The expenditure of $600,000 on lobbying indicates HPE's active engagement in influencing political decisions. From an anti-fascist perspective, corporate lobbying can serve to protect elite interests and potentially undermine progressive policies and workers' rights by shaping favorable regulations.

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The disclosed $30,000 lobbying expense, although modest in dollar terms, indicates that HPE is actively engaging in political lobbying on issues that could favor corporate interests over public accountability. This involvement in political influence activities can be seen as undermining democratic processes and worker protections, aligning with concerns about corporate complicity in reinforcing authoritarian policies.

Lobbying Update: $30,000 of HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY lobbying was just disclosed

The response by the company comes in the context of allegations that its surveillance technology is provided to regimes accused of human rights abuses. Such involvement, even if only through a defensive statement, raises concerns of complicity in repressive practices and authoritarian control mechanisms.

Response by HP (Hewlett-Packard): Human Rights First says companies providing surveillance technology to oppressive regimes in the Middle East contribute to human rights abuses. Click here

HPE's political advocacy is further underscored by its Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs managing its political engagement, highlighting a centralized executive role in steering political contributions aligned with corporate priorities, which may contribute to an imbalanced influence over democratic processes.

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HPE's involvement in supplying critical technological infrastructure to Israeli authorities, which is used for surveillance, data control, and enforcing restrictive permit regimes, significantly contributes to authoritarian practices. The company's role in enabling these repressive systems reflects a negative impact from an anti-fascist perspective.

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HPE's expenditure of over $3 million in lobbying in 2023 raises concerns about the company's use of financial power to shape public policy in ways that can undermine democratic processes and labor rights. This activity is viewed negatively from an anti-fascist perspective, as corporate influence often contributes to erosion of public accountability.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Lobbying Profile

HPE continues operations by maintaining contracts and supplying technology that supports repressive state apparatus in Israel. The company's inherited role in providing hardware and IT infrastructure for systems used in discriminatory surveillance and management of Palestinian populations signifies complicity with authoritarian practices, meriting a strongly negative score in the Provision of Repressive Technologies category.

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