Jackson Hewitt - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Jackson Hewitt is High Risk.

Jackson Hewitt is High Risk. The company yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. Jackson Hewitt embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

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

High

Rationale:

In 2020, Jackson Hewitt canceled advertising agreements with Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News following comments Carlson made regarding the Black Lives Matter movement. Carlson alleged that BLM protests were “definitely not about black lives” and described them as “riots”(1)(2)(3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Jackson Hewitt does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1). The company’s charitable giving focus areas are: “Higher education institutions, Health and human service organizations, Arts and cultural organizations, Environmental organizations, Civic and community organizations” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

Jackson Hewitt does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (1).