Civista Bank - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Civista Bank is Lower Risk.

Civista Bank 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, Civista Bank 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	Medium Risk
Funding	Lower Risk
Political Actions	No Data

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:

Civista Bank 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:

Civista Bank does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. The Civista Charitable Foundation provides grants to “support community development, housing assistance, local education programs, nonprofit medical facilities, nonprofit community groups, cultural organizations and other similar types of organizations or civic minded projects” (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Civista Bank appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment and leadership development strategies. The bank launched a DEI initiative to increase the diversity of its employees (1). Civista Bank offers unconscious bias and DEI training to its leadership (2). Civista Bank does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (3).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Civista Bank supports DEI within its business practices, employing a DEI Council. The DEI Council “provides employees with regular and in-depth information and updates through a DEI newsletter and DEI emails” and informs employees “on what they can do as individuals to advance the DEI initiative at work, in their interactions with customers and vendors and in their own lives” (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Civista Bank using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Civista Bank has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Civista Bank does not operate a PAC or engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).