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The Viewpoint Diversity Score evaluates how companies perform across three areas of impact — using publicly available policies and practices.

How Scores Work

Each company is evaluated across three areas — the marketplace, the workplace, and the public square — using publicly available policies and practices.

Area 1

Marketplace

How the company treats customers, users, sellers, creators, vendors, and organizations with different religious, political, or ideological beliefs in the marketplace.

Example benchmarks
  • Terms of service avoid viewpoint discrimination
  • Harmful-conduct policies apply equally to everyone
  • Vendors aren’t penalized for their beliefs or DEI practices
Marketplace Resources
Area 2

Workplace

How employee policies handle religious expression, accommodation, and viewpoint diversity.

Example benchmarks
  • Written religious accommodation policy and process
  • Faith-based employee resource groups recognized
  • Employee giving programs include all charities
Workplace Resources
Area 3

Public Square

How a company engages on contested public issues, legislation, and advocacy.

Example benchmarks
  • Political spending doesn’t undermine free speech
  • No support for groups hostile to fundamental freedoms
  • Public messaging avoids divisive concepts
Public Square Resources
1
Research
Analysts review each company’s publicly available policies and practices.
2
Evaluate
Weighted benchmark evidence is evaluated across all three areas.
3
Publish
Scores, citations, and risk indicators are published in the index.

What the Score Tiers Mean

Every company lands in one of four tiers based on its overall score.

Strong ProtectionsEXCELLENT SCORE
Meaningful ProtectionsGOOD SCORE
Policy Gaps or ConcernsWEAK SCORE
Significant Policy GapsPOOR SCORE

Scores range from 0–100% and reflect only publicly available information at the time of review. A low score is not an accusation of wrongdoing — it signals policies that may restrict free expression or religious freedom.