Haskell - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Haskell is Medium Risk.

Haskell is Medium Risk. The company often yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. Haskell occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard 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	High 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:

Haskell 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:

Haskell does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs. Its charitable giving focus areas are arts and culture, education, and relief of human suffering (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Haskell appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment, hiring, and mentorship program. From its Diversity & Inclusion page: “We collectively value diversity and inclusion as we strive to attract, hire, develop and retain people who represent our values and goals to achieve success” (1). Haskell is an affirmative action employer. “Haskell and its CEO & President are fully committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action and support the successful implementation of the Company’s Affirmative Action Programs” (2). Haskell appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its supply chain. From its Subcontractors page: “Haskell seeks to provide an inclusive environment to do business with small, minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned (including service disabled) and HUBZone certified businesses” (3). Haskell protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination (4).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Haskell signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, which includes a commitment to promote DEI through bias education training in the workplace, strategize on DEI programs/initiatives with other signatories, and engage boards of directors when developing and evaluating DEI strategies (1)(2). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Haskell using its reputation to advance ideological causes or policies (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Haskell is partners with Equality Florida and Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network (JASMYN), which engage in supporting LGBTQ youth (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of Haskell using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Haskell’s PAC has been defunct since 2002, and it does not engage in lobbying at this time (1)(2)(3).