NICE - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

NICE is Medium Risk.

NICE 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	Lower Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

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

NICE integrates ESG into its business practices. From its 2024 ESG Report: “To make sure that ESG is embedded in our business, our cross-functional ESG Steering Committee continues to guide strategy, identify opportunities, and oversee execution” (1). The company promotes divisive sex and gender policies. Its Supplier Code of Conduct requires international vendors to include sexual orientation and gender identity in their nondiscrimination policy (2).
However, NICE has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (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:

NICE does not appear to discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1)(2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

NICE requires its employees to take unconscious bias training (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its hiring. From its 2024 ESG Report: “We promote diversity both in our hiring practices and among our suppliers. Through our community involvement and giving activities we also work to reduce inequality more widely in the communities where we work” (2). NICE 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:

High

Rationale:

NICE supports DEI within its business practices. From its 2024 ESG Report: “Diversity and inclusion principles are embedded into our culture and business practices, from our hiring processes to the development of our employees” (1).
The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its 2024 ESG Report: ”
The [ESG steering] Committee has several responsibilities, which include the following: • Reviewing ESG matters while considering stakeholder needs, trends and developments. • Identifying significant ESG risks and opportunities. • Developing a holistic ESG strategy with appropriate goals and long-term targets. • Encouraging the integration of ESG into the Company’s business strategy. • Providing the Board of Directors of the Company with periodic ESG updates” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

NICE funded Brit Haleviot, an LGBTQ organization which “works to create a safe and supportive space for LGBTQ+ children and their family members” (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company 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:

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