Parsons scored a 100 on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. By complying with the HRC’s controversial demands, Parsons 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. Parsons 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. Parsons integrates ESG into its business practices. Parsons supports various LGBTQ+ organizations including the oSTEM conference and the Modern Military Association. Parsons also committed to being carbon neutral by 2045. However, Parsons protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination. For these reasons, Parsons receives a High Risk rating.