Basis Technologies
Corporate Bias Rating
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Basis Technologies is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. Basis Technologies 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.
View Full Corporate Bias Ratings ReportHas canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.
Basis Technologies received a score of 85 on the 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). However, Basis Technologies has not fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (3).
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Basis Technologies does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. Basis Technologies’ charitable giving focus areas are “The Giving Tree, Habitat For Humanity, and Operation Backpack”. The Giving Tree program is a company-wide match program, with no published restrictions. Basis Technologies matches the individual contributions of employees to the charity of their choice (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.
Basis Technologies’ HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company forces employees to attend multiple, controversial trainings on gender identity, sexual orientation, transgender issues, and divisive racial ideology (1)(2). Basis Technologies does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (3)(4).
Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Basis Technologies’ HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company agrees to allow a controversial stakeholder group focused on sexual identity issues to dictate marketing or advertising strategy. By doing so, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). Basis Technologies publishes articles on DEI, identity, and politics on it’s blog (3)(4)(5)(6).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Basis Technologies’ HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company covers transgender related costs for its employees and their children, including paid short-term leave, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest surgeries, genital surgeries, medical visits and lab monitoring, travel and lodging. Additionally, the company has pledged philanthropic support of at least one organization or event that promotes sex and gender ideology. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company increases health care costs and risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Basis Technologies using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (3).
Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Basis Technologies’ HRC 2025 CEI rating indicates the company publicly advocated for controversial sex and gender ideology through local, state or federal legislation or initiatives. By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders (1)(2). Basis Technologies does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (3)(4)(5).
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