The head of IBM is defending her role on President Trump’s business advisory council.

In an internal letter to employees, CEO Ginni Rometty stressed that IBM “does not espouse a partisan or political point of view.”

“Some have suggested that we should not engage with the U.S. administration. I disagree,” Rometty wrote in the letter, obtained by The Hill and first reported on by TechCrunch, which was distributed shortly after a meeting with Trump earlier this month.

“Our experience has taught us that engagement — reaching out, listening and having authentic dialogue — is the best path to good outcomes.”

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The tech company and its leader have faced scrutiny for taking what some see as a more neutral approach to Trump’s executive orders than others in its industry.

More than 100 technology companies signed a legal brief in support a federal lawsuit against Trump’s executive order imposing a 90-day ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries entering the United States and halting the entry of most refugees for 120 days.

IBM did not sign the brief.

Rometty said the travel ban, which is currently frozen by court order, came up at the president’s Strategic and Policy Forum, where she told the president that immigration and security issues do not have to be at odds.

IBM had not previously released details regarding the meeting.

“I discussed with the President and the Secretary of Homeland Security ways that advanced technology could address national security imperatives while also permitting lawful immigration and travel,” she wrote.

Several IBM employees responded to their boss by circulating a petition asking Rometty to “affirm IBM values,” writing that “hostile rhetoric towards immigrants, Muslims, Latinos, LGBT people, and others impinge on our core values of tolerance, diversity, and open exchange of ideas that are essential for innovation and our ability to recruit top talent.”

Organizers told The New York Times that roughly 1,000 verified employees have signed the petition.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has also defended his participation in Trump’s forum.

“Activists should be pushing for more moderates to advise President, not fewer,” Musk tweeted the day after the group’s first meeting “How could having only extremists advise him possibly be good?”

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick responded to mounting pressure from protesters and activist groups earlier this month and stepped down from the forum.