Addus HomeCare Corporation

Rating Overview

Addus HomeCare Corporation is Lower Risk.

Addus HomeCare Corporation is Lower Risk. The company does not yield to political activism in shaping corporate governance, preventing initiatives that potentially alienate consumers, divide employees, and harm shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. Overall, the company does not embrace corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues. This approach protects free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Lower Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Lower Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	Lower Risk
Funding	Lower Risk
Political Actions	Lower Risk

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled 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:

Lower

Rationale:

Addus HomeCare has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Addus HomeCare does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. The company’s charitable giving focus areas are hospice care and Addus ACTS (1).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Addus HomeCare appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter: “Identify individuals qualified to become members of the Board of Directors, consistent with criteria approved by the Board , such as:… contribution to the diversity of the Board as a whole (the Committee views diversity broadly to include diversity of experience, skills and viewpoint as well as other diversity concepts such as race and gender)” (1). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (2).