Cornerstone Building

North Carolina
Commercial and Professional Services, Materials

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Cornerstone Building, an exterior building solutions provider, vets vendors for LGBTQ policies and does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees. However, the company has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Its CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge and provides unconscious bias training for its hiring managers. The company supports ESG and LGBTQ Pride within its business practices. However, Cornerstone Building does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving and has not used corporate funds for ideological purpose. For these reasons, Cornerstone Building receives a Medium Risk rating.

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Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

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.

Risk Level
Rationale

Cornerstone Building has a written policy pledging to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies. Its Code of Conduct requires suppliers and business partners to include sexual orientation in its nondiscrimination policy (1). However, the company has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Cornerstone Building does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. The company focuses on funding organizations that support, “affordable housing, disaster relief, employees in need of immediate assistance, veterans and more” (1).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

Risk Level
Rationale

Cornerstone Building does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

Cornerstone Building’s CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace (1). The company requires its hiring manager to complete unconscious bias training and supports ESG within its business practices. Delivering on its ESG commitments is “a critical component of becoming a premier company” (2). The company also promotes LGBTQ Pride (3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Cornerstone Building has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria

Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Cornerstone Building does not operate a PAC or report on its lobbying at this time (1)(2).

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November 7, 2023

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