Sunflower Bank - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Sunflower Bank is Lower Risk.

Sunflower 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 elevates merit, excellence, and integrity ahead of race and identity-based policies. Sunflower 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	Medium Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	Lower Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

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

Sunflower Bank has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1). However, the bank’s End User Agreement states that the bank reserves the right to “block, cancel, and/or reverse” payments for “goods or services that include any language or images that are bigoted, hateful, racially offensive, vulgar, obscene, indecent or discourteous” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Sunflower Bank does not discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or beliefs (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Sunflower Bank is an affirmative action employer, “the Company has developed Affirmative Action Programs to assist with the recruitment and advancement of individuals covered by these laws.” (1). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (2).