Bank OZK (Bank of the Ozarks)

Corporate Bias Rating

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Medium Risk

Summary:

Bank OZK 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 OZK 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 OZK has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on views or beliefs. Bank OZK integrates ESG into all of its business practices. The bank recognizes ESG as the “most critical to our stakeholders and fueling Bank OZK’s growth (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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Bank OZK does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1)(2).

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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 OZK does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination (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 OZK implemented an online catalogue for its managers to find resources on topics such as unconscious bias (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Bank OZK using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (2).

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

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Bank OZK does not use 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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Bank OZK 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.