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Workday POLITICAL

POLITICAL AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-11
Political Score 3.50 /10 C Workday - BDS-1000 561
Political 3.50

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Corporate Communications & Public Stance

Workday’s 16 March 2022 statement on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine condemned violence, expressed support for affected people, and described up to $1.5 million in donations and matching, a refugee-host stipend, support for its Ukraine workforce, and a free HCM safety-and-wellbeing solution 1.

The same statement said Workday did not sell products or services in Russia and had no plan to do so 1.

No public evidence identified in the bounded searches of an official Workday statement addressing Gaza, Palestinian civilian harm, Israel’s military operations, a ceasefire, or a specific Israel-Palestine policy.

The resulting comparison is limited: Workday made a documented public Ukraine statement, while the reviewed official-company material did not locate a corresponding Gaza, Israel, or Palestine statement 1.

Operations in Occupied or Contested Territories

Workday’s official office directory lists a Tel Aviv, Israel location at 13 Ha’arbaa Street, Tel Aviv-Yafo 6473913 2.

The reviewed office listing does not identify an occupied-territory location or settlement operation 2.

Workday acquired all outstanding stock of HiredScore, Inc. on 29 March 2024 for $530 million in cash, and its quarterly filing describes HiredScore as an AI-powered talent-orchestration software provider 3.

A 2025 IATI booklet states that Workday Israel Ltd. was established in Israel in 2024, had more than 140 employees, and became the “Workday Israel Site” after the HiredScore acquisition; this is third-party contextual evidence, while the acquisition itself is independently confirmed in Workday’s SEC filing 3, 4.

Workday’s FY2026 subsidiary exhibit lists Workday Israel Ltd. and Paradox.AI Israel Ltd. as Israeli subsidiaries, without specifying their offices, customers, or activities in occupied Palestinian territory 5.

Workday’s Israel configuration guide documents support for Israeli VAT, tax-ID, and withholding-tax settings, establishing Israel-market product localization rather than a contract with the Israeli state or military 6.

No public evidence identified in the bounded research of a Workday contract, subcontract, reseller relationship, or customer relationship with the IDF, Israeli Ministry of Defense, a settlement municipality, or an Israeli settlement.

The supplied document-level pre-scan found no mention of Workday in the specified 2025 OHCHR settlement-business database update or UN Special Rapporteur report A/HRC/59/23, which does not establish database-wide or historical absence 7, 8.

Internal Governance, Content & Retail Policies

No public evidence identified in the bounded research of Workday employee discipline, litigation, or HR enforcement concerning Israel-Palestine speech, symbols, union activity, or pro-Palestinian advocacy.

No public evidence identified of Workday platform moderation, editorial policy, app-distribution mechanisms, or regulatory inquiries concerning Israel-Palestine content.

The reviewed acquisition and SEC materials describe Workday’s relevant business as enterprise talent-orchestration, HCM, and finance software rather than a consumer-facing content-moderation service 3, 9.

No public evidence identified of Workday retail sourcing, settlement-product labelling, or regional supply-chain categorization practices.

Brand Heritage & State Partnerships

Workday characterizes the acquired HiredScore product as AI-powered talent-orchestration software, while its Israel documentation concerns financial and tax configuration 3, 6.

The reviewed materials contain no military-origin, state-security, or defense-sector branding by Workday in connection with its Israel activities 3, 6.

No public evidence identified in the bounded research of Workday sponsorship of Israeli state public-relations campaigns, formal state academic partnerships, state honors, or hosted Israeli government officials.

Lobbying, Advocacy, Financing & Logistics

Workday’s FY2025 filing says its global partner ecosystem can include resellers and that partners may source business and deliver services, but it does not identify Israeli resellers or a reseller operating in a settlement 9.

Workday’s Q4 2025 federal LD-2 disclosure reported $360,000 in lobbying expenses and identified issues including AI and IT modernization and workforce-development legislation, without identifying Israel-, Palestine-, BDS-, or regional-trade issues in that filing 10.

No public evidence identified in the bounded research of Workday-directed donations, sponsorships, free services, crisis logistics, or other assets for the IDF, FIDF, JNF/KKL, settlement organizations, Israeli reservist funds, or Israeli state agencies during the current conflict.

The Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation has a listed 990-PF filing history, and the accessible record identifies David Duffield as a board member in prior filing data 11.

A 2015 Workday Foundation 990-PF names Aneel Bhusri and David Duffield as co-chairs, but this pre-2020 filing does not establish current foundation governance or grants 12.

No supportable evidence was located in the supplied research of donations by Workday, its founders, executives, or directors to FIDF, IDF units, JNF/KKL, settlement organizations, reservist funds, or anti-BDS organizations; review of the latest accessible Duffield Foundation grant schedules remained incomplete 11.

Corporate Structure & Primary Mission

Workday’s 2026 proxy identifies David A. Duffield and Aneel Bhusri as co-founders whose Class B stock-voting agreement covered approximately 69% of outstanding voting power as of 17 April 2026 13.

As of that date, the proxy lists Duffield as holding 99% of Class B shares and 69% of total voting power, while Vanguard and BlackRock were listed as 5% institutional holders with 4% and 3% of total voting power respectively 13.

The proxy identifies the Dave and Cheryl Duffield Foundation as holding 2,346,000 Workday Class A shares, over which David and Cheryl Duffield have joint voting and dispositive power 13.

Workday’s filings describe HiredScore as an acquired talent-orchestration provider and list Israeli subsidiaries within a broader multinational subsidiary structure, without describing state-held ownership, a golden share, a founding mandate, or a corporate mission tied to Israeli geopolitical objectives 3, 5.

Executive & Leadership Footprint

Aneel Bhusri became Workday CEO effective 6 February 2026 and has served as Board Chair since April 2021, while Mark J. Hawkins is Vice Chair and Lead Independent Director 13.

The 2026 proxy names Thomas F. Bogan, Elizabeth Centoni, Lynne M. Doughtie, Wayne A.I. Frederick, Mark J. Hawkins, Michael M. McNamara, Rhonda J. Morris, Michael L. Speiser, George J. Still Jr., and Jerry Yang as other current directors 13.

The proxy also records a commercial relationship with Incline Alchemy, a Workday implementation-services partner in which David Duffield held approximately 40.6% of stock as of 17 April 2026 and which was majority-owned by his son Mike Duffield 13.

No public evidence identified in the bounded research of Workday founders, CEO, chair, C-suite leaders, or directors making relevant donations, holding roles in pro-Israel or anti-BDS advocacy bodies, investing in Israeli defense or surveillance firms, or publicly attending IDF or settlement events.

The supplied pre-scan found no mention of Workday in the specified OHCHR, UN, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Al-Haq, BDS Movement, PAX, BankTrack, KLP, or named Who Profits materials, which is document-scoped and not a comprehensive civil-society or accountability finding 7, 8.

Footnotes

  1. https://blog.workday.com/en-us/2022/standing-with-ukraine.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. https://www.workday.com/en-us/company/about-workday/contact-us.html ↩ ↩2

  3. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327811/000132781124000093/wday-20240430.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6

  4. https://iati.co.il/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Booklet-2025.pdf ↩

  5. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327811/000132781126000014/wday-01312026xex211.htm ↩ ↩2

  6. https://forms.workday.com/content/dam/web/en-us/documents/other/global-configuration-2023r1-guide-enus.pdf?refCamp=7014X000001yvh3 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  7. https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4091616/files/A_HRC_60_19-EN.pdf ↩ ↩2

  8. https://www.un.org/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/a-hrc-59-23-auv.pdf ↩ ↩2

  9. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327811/000132781125000056/wday-20250131.htm ↩ ↩2

  10. https://lda.gov/filings/public/filing/eb8132ad-d976-4058-bcb7-f8651aee68d9/print/ ↩

  11. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/474279721 ↩ ↩2

  12. https://www.foundationsearch.com/990/ARCHIVE/4/WORKDAY%20FOUNDATION%202015%20460563684.PDF ↩

  13. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327811/000110465926055687/tm261347-2_def14a.htm ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6