The McCormick Group - 1792 Exchange

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Medium Risk

Summary:

The McCormick Group is an executive search firm based out of Arlington, VA. The company pledged $500,000 to BLM and related causes. McCormick supports the Equality Act and is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. The company is a signatory of the Business Roundtable's 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism. However, there are no publicly known cases of McCormick terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. For these reasons, The McCormick Group earns a "Medium 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.

Risk Level

Rationale

There are no publicly known cases of The McCormick Group terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs.

Criteria

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

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N/A

Rationale

The McCormick Group has not published its charitable giving guidelines.

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

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Rationale

The McCormick Group has not published its nondiscrimination policy (1)(2).

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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Rationale

The McCormick Group is part of the business coalition for the Equality (1). CEO Lawrence Kurzius is a member of the Business Roundtable and signed its 2019 Statement on the Purpose of Corporation, which promotes stakeholder capitalism over traditional obligations to shareholders and customers (2)(3).

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

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Rationale

McCormick has pledged $500,000 to the Black Lives Matter movement and related causes, though the company did not specify which organizations would receive funding (1)(2). The company is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (3).

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

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N/A

Rationale

The McCormick Group does not operate a PAC at this time.

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May 19, 2023

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