Pryor Cashman - 1792 Exchange

Corporate Bias Rating

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Medium Risk

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Pryor Cashman often 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. Pryor Cashman occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

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Corporate Weaponization

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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.

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Pryor Cashman has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).

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

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Pryor Cashman does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1).

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

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Pryor Cashman is Mansfield Certified, indicating its support of DEI in its recruitment, hiring, promotions, and leadership composition (1)(2). The firm also requires implicit bias training for employees (3). Pryor Cashman does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (4).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

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

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Pryor Cashman supports DEI within its business practices, hosting a DEI Committee to “assist in addressing issues of inclusion, individuality, diversity, and race at [the] firm”. The firm also offers CLE programs dedicated to DEI issues (1).

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

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Pryor Cashman has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1)(2).

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

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Pryor Cashman is a part of the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance, committed to work on initiatives that fight “systemic racism” (1)(2). Pryor Cashman does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (3)(4)(5).

Board Bias

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1792 Exchange has not yet compiled data about the board of directors or political contributions of leadership for this company.