SouthState Bank

Florida
Banks

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

SouthState Bank does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees but has not publicly terminated business relationships due to views or beliefs. The company hosts unconscious bias training for its employees and consistently advocates for racial equity. However, SouthState does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. For these reasons, SouthState Bank receives a Lower 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

SouthState Bank 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
Rationale

SouthState Bank does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. Most recently, charitable giving was focused on education, food banks, disaster relief, and building homes (1)(2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

SouthState Bank 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

SouthState Bank supports the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce’s ATL Action for Racial Equity, which engages in DEI advocacy (1)(2)(3). SouthState Bank holds employee unconscious bias training (4).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

SouthState Bank invests in Optus Bank, which operates on DEI principles: Optus aims to “close the wealth gap created by systemic disparities in the financial industry” and received deposits from PayPal and Bank of America in 2020 to show commitment to racial equality (1)(2)(3)(4)(5).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

SouthState Bank does not operate a PAC at this time (1).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
September 14, 2023

Company reports are intended for educational use only. Full Disclaimer

Generate Reports
Clear
Toast

This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allow us to remember you. We use this information in order to improve and customize your browsing experience and for analytics and metrics about our visitors both on this website and other media. To find out more about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy.

Accept