Bank of Commerce - 1792 Exchange

Corporate Bias Rating

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Risk Level:

Medium Risk

Summary:

Bank of Commerce 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. Bank of Commerce 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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Bank of Commerce integrates ESG into its business practices, including its investment processes. “BankCom has already integrated ESG/climate consideration in the credit process through the updating of forms used in credit evaluation to identify, assess, measure and monitor ESG/climate risks. BankCom is also requiring its borrowers, whose projects have material environmental impact, to provide a copy of the Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) as one of the requirements to secure a loan facility” (1). However, the bank has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (2).

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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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N/A

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Bank of Commerce does not publish charitable giving guidelines (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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Bank of Commerce does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

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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Bank of Commerce has not supported ideological causes or policies (1).

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

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Bank of Commerce has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

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

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N/A

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Bank of Commerce does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).

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.