CarMax
Corprate Bias Ratings
Risk Level:
Summary:
By complying with Human Rights Campaign's controversial demands, CarMax increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. The company covers transgender-related medical costs for its employees and their children. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, marketing, and philanthropic support. CarMax uses its reputation, corporate funds, and political influence to support controversial sex and gender ideologies, organizations, and legislation. CarMax has pledged $1 million to the Black Lives Matter movement and sponsored a Virginia Pride fest. For these reasons, CarMax receives a High Risk rating.
Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.
CarMax received a score of 75 on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). However, the company has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
CarMax does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. However, it will only give to religious organizations that provide non-sectarian services (1). The company‘s HRC CEI rating indicates the company will not donate to non-religious charities unless they embrace controversial sexual identity policies (2)(3).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
CarMax has pledged $1 million to the Black Lives Matter movement and related causes and sponsored a Virginia Pride fest (1)(2)(3). The company’s HRC 2023 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 (4)(5). By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company increases health care costs and risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders.
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
CarMax does not operate a PAC or report on its lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3). The company’s HRC 2023 CEI rating indicates the company publicly advocated for controversial sex and gender ideology through local, state or federal legislation or initiatives (4)(5). By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders.
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March 27, 2024
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