By complying with the HRC’s controversial demands, Crowe increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. The company covers transgender-related medical costs for its employees and their children and provides specific sexual orientation and gender identity-based benefits. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, marketing, and philanthropic support. Crowe forces employees to undergo multiple ideological trainings and uses its reputation, corporate funds, and political influence to support controversial sex and gender ideologies, organizations, and legislation. Crowe used its corporate reputation to implement ESG practices across the firm and advance LGBTQ causes. The company's CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge and is a copper sponsor of Out & Equal. For these reasons, Crowe receives a High Risk rating.