Handshake

California
Commercial and Professional Services

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Handshake, a career networking and recruiting platform, does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees. However, it has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. Handshake provides comprehensive LGBTQ medical benefits for its employees. Its CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace. Handshake actively educates others on proactive allyship and LGBTQ hiring. It pledged to create an employee matching fund to create a fund to match employee donations to organizations with a proven track record of promoting racial equity. For these reasons, Handshake receives a Medium Risk rating.

Criteria
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

Handshake 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
N/A
Rationale

Handshake does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Handshake 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

Handshake’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). Handshake released a statement condemning “systemic racism” (2). The company regularly supports LGBTQ Pride and educates others on proactive allyship and LGBTQ hiring (3)(4)(5).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Handshake provides, “Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage” for its employees (1). Handshake pledged to “create a fund to match employee donations to organizations with a proven track record of promoting racial and educational equity”, though it is unclear who received support (2)(3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

Handshake does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
November 6, 2023

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