Organization: Salesforce.com

Year: 2018

Whereas:

WHEREAS, The Securities and Exchange Commission has consistently recognized that human rights constitute a significant policy issue. Company operations in high risk regions with poor human rights records risk damage to Salesforces reputation and shareholder value. Salesforce.com, Inc. (the Company) has a presence in areas such as China, India and Morocco - all countries with questionable human rights records as they relate to women's rights, religious rights and LGBT rights. The Company's operations in high risk regions may worsen certain human rights abuses in those areas.

Resolved:

RESOLVED: The proponent requests the Board of Directors review the Company's guidelines for selecting countries regions for its operations, and issue a report - at reasonable expense excluding any proprietary information - to shareholders by December 2018. The report should identify Salesforce's criteria for investing in, operating in and withdrawing from high risk regions.

Supporting Statement:

Supporting Statement: If the Company chooses, the review may consider developing guidelines on investing or withdrawing from areas where the government has engaged in systematic human rights violations. In its review and report, the Company might also consider a congruency analysis between its stated corporate values and Company operations in certain regions, which raises an issue of misalignment with those corporate values and states the justification for such exceptions. For example, Company CEO Marc Benioff publicly threatened to divest from the state of Georgia over that state's consideration of a religious freedom restoration law. However, the Company does business in Morocco, where the government punishes homosexual acts with potential prison sentences. The Company claims that w e strive to create workplaces that reflect the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. However, the Company has also publicly opposed religious freedom protections in the state of Indiana and recently joined an amicus brief in the Masterpiece Cakes hop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission U.S. Supreme Court case that seeks to diminish religious freedom and free speech protections for citizens of Colorado. The proponent believes that Salesforce's record to date demonstrates a gap between its statements and its actions. The requested report would play a role in illuminating and addressing the factors accounting for this gap.