First Merchants Bank - 1792 Exchange

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Lower Risk

Summary:

First Merchants Bank has not terminated business relationships due to ideological beliefs. First Merchant Bank does not discriminate against religious charities. The company does not provide viewpoint protections to its employees and promotes LGBTQ causes. First Merchants Bank does not fund ideological organizations or causes hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, First Merchants Bank receives a Lower Risk rating.

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Corporate Weaponization

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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.

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First Merchants Bank has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

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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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First Merchants Bank has not published its charitable giving guidelines, however, it does partner with religious organizations (1).

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

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First Merchants Bank does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

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

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First Merchants Bank holds bi-weekly DE&I community calls and celebrates LGBTQ Pride (1). First Merchants also posted on its corporate Facebook and LinkedIn accounts in celebration of Pride Month (2)(3). First Merchants offers unconscious bias training for all employees (4).

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

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First Merchant Bank has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies.

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

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N/A

Rationale

First Merchants does not operate a PAC at this time.

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October 20, 2023

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