Mitek Systems - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Mitek Systems is Medium Risk.

Mitek Systems, Inc. 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. The company 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	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	No Data
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High 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:

Medium

Rationale:

Mitek Systems integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2025 Proxy Statement: “We continue to advance our ESG initiatives and practices, in line with our operational and financial priorities” (1). The company has a history of divisive corporate policies and practices. However, in 2026, the company removed ESG language and policies from its Proxy Statement. To date, the company has not publicly addressed this change, leaving shareholders without clarity regarding the company’s reasoning or future direction (2). The company promotes divisive sex and gender policies. Its Standards of Business Conduct requires international vendors to include sexual orientation and gender identity in their nondiscrimination policy (3). However, it has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (4).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

Mitek Systems does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Mitek Systems appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its leadership composition. From its 2025 Proxy Statement: “the Nominating Committee considers the director nominee’s qualifications, diversity, age, skills and such other factors as it deems appropriate” (1). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (2).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Mitek Systems supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2025 Annual Report: “We are also focused on understanding our diversity and inclusion strengths and opportunities and executing on a strategy to support further progress” (1). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2025 Proxy Statement: “Mitek’s mission is to provide trust and convenience in an increasingly connected world, consistent with our commitment to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) principles” (2). Mitek Systems has used its website to advocate for LGBTQ+ issues, such as transgender inclusive biometrics (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Mitek Systems 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:

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