Geico

Maryland
Insurance

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Geico canceled an event in 2022 after inviting a Pro-Palestinian activist to headline the company event. The company does not provide its employees with protections against viewpoint discrimination. Geico discriminates against religious organizations in its charitable giving and has donated to ideological organizations. The company is a gold partner of PFLAG. However, Geico has not used its corporate reputation to advance ideological agendas. For these reasons, Geico receives a Medium Risk rating.

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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

Geico canceled an event after inviting a Pro-Palestinian activist to headline a company event in 2022 (1).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Geico will not match employee donations to churches or religious organizations that are “political or religious in nature or have a religious or political affiliation” (1)(2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Geico 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

Geico has not supported ideological causes or policies (1).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Geico has partnered with Race Forward, a nonprofit with ties to the Black Lives Matter network and the National Urban League (1). The company is a copper sponsor of Out & Equal (2). Geico is a gold partner of PFLAG, an LGBTQ+ activist group that promotes books for children with sexually explicit and gender fluid content and advocates against laws that inform parents of their child’s gender dysphoria or prevent unapproved transgender medical treatments for minors (3)(4)(5).

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

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Rationale

Geico has not used its PAC for ideological purposes (1)(2).

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February 21, 2024

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