Screens and Parameters
The BRII database provides information on 13 broad screens comprising 67 individual parameters:
| Category | Description | Failure period1 | |
| Abortion2 (11 parameters) | |||
| Contributor | Contributes to abortion activist organization | 5 years | |
| Distributor | Wholesale or retail distributor of abortifacients (excluding Emergency Contraceptives and RU-486) | 1 year | |
| Emergency Contraceptive Distributor | Wholesale or retail distributor of Emergency Contraceptives | 1 year | |
| Emergency Contraceptive Manufacturer | Develops/manufactures Emergency Contraceptives | 1 year | |
| Employee Sponsor | Sponsors abortions for employees by providing coverage or reimbursement for travel or lodging expenses associated with abortion procedures | 1 year | |
| Hospital/Surgical Center | Performs elective abortions (surgical or medical) | 1 year | |
| Insurer | Insures elective abortions (surgical or medical) | 1 year | |
| Insurer Required | Due to government requirements, insures elective abortions (surgical or medical) | 1 year | |
| Manufacturer | Develops/manufactures abortifacients or products utilized in the abortion process (excluding Emergency Contraceptives and RU-486) | 1 year | |
| RU-486 Distributor | Wholesale or retail distributor of RU-486 | 1 year | |
| RU-486 Manufacturer | Develops/manufactures RU-486 | 1 year | |
| Alcohol (2 parameters) | |||
| Distributor | Wholesale distributor of alcohol | 2 years | |
| Manufacturer | Manufactures alcohol | 2 years | |
| Anti-Family Activity (3 parameters) | |||
| Entertainment Advertiser | Advertises on TV programs that have the most violence, offensive language, sexual content | 1 year | |
| Entertainment Gay Focus | Produces, distributes media content (TV, radio, print, Internet, etc.) with an exclusively gay focus | 1 year | |
| Entertainment Producer/Distributor | Produces/distributes TV programs, movies, videos with violence, offensive language, sexual content (including nudity but not hard core pornography) | 1 year | |
| Bioethics (2 parameters) | |||
| Cloning | Engaged in reproductive or therapeutic cloning, embryo harvesting, and related activities | 2 years | |
| Stem Cell | Engaged in human embryonic stem cell or aborted human fetal tissue production, research, and related services | 2 years | |
| Contraceptives (1 parameter) | |||
| Manufacturer | Manufactures contraceptives (excluding abortifacients, Emergency Contraceptives and RU-486) | 2 years | |
| Gaming (8 parameters) | |||
| Betting Shop | Owns/operates betting shop | 2 years | |
| Bingo | Owns/operates bingo gambling | 2 years | |
| Casino | Owns/operates casino | 2 years | |
| Internet | Owns/operates Internet, interactive TV, mobile phone gambling | 2 years | |
| Lottery | Owns/operates lottery | 2 years | |
| Manufacturer | Manufactures gaming equipment or software | 2 years | |
| Miscellaneous | Operates electronic gaming devices in non-gaming locations; operates card rooms; produces gaming TV programming; provides consulting, payment processing and other services to the gambling industry | 2 years | |
| Pari-Mutuel | Owns/operates race track, sports wagering/spread betting | 2 years | |
| Human Rights (5 parameters) | |||
| Armaments | Provides military equipment and/or weapons products, systems, or technology to terrorist-sponsoring nations | 5-10 years3 | |
| Dangerous Nation | Conducts business with terrorist sponsoring nation | 3 years | |
| Oppressive Regime | Conducts business with country that mistreats its people | 1 year (or 3) | |
| Sudan Other | Companies with business activity in Sudan, excluding oil exploration and production operations | 1 year (or 3) | |
| Sudan Petroleum | Companies with oil exploration, production operations in Sudan | 1 year (or 3) | |
| Low-Income Financial Services (9 parameters) | |||
| Auto Title Lender | Provides automobile title loan/pawn lending services | 2 years | |
| Buy Here/Pay Here Car Lender | Provides on-site-used-car-lot high interest loans | 2 years | |
| Check Casher | Provides high fee check cashing services | 2 years | |
| Miscellaneous | Engages in discriminatory lending, provides products or services exclusively or primarily to exploitive businesses, engages in other exploitive activity | 2 years | |
| Money Transfer | Provides high fee money transfer services | 2 years | |
| Pawn Shop | Owns/operates pawn shop | 2 years | |
| Pay Day Loan | Provides pay day loans | 2 years | |
| Refund Anticipation Loan | Provides refund anticipation loans | 2 years | |
| Rent To Own | Owns/operates rent-to-own business | 2 years | |
| Marijuana (5 parameters) | |||
| Distributor (Medical) | Wholesale or retail distributor of medical marijuana | 2 years | |
| Distributor (Non-Medical) | Wholesale or retail distributor of non-medical marijuana | 2 years | |
| Manufacturer (Medical) | Manufactures medical marijuana | 2 years | |
| Manufacturer (Non-Medical) | Manufactures non-medical marijuana | 2 years | |
| Miscellaneous | Provides miscellaneous services to the marijuana industry | 2 years | |
| Non-Married Lifestyles (11 parameters) | |||
| Contributor | Contributes to gay/lesbian activist organization | 5 years | |
| Domestic Partner Benefits | Provides medical coverage to employees' domestic partners | 1 year (or 100) | |
| Employees Group | Has a gay/lesbian employees group | 1 year (or 100) | |
| Insurer | Insures sex reassignment surgery | 1 year (or 100) | |
| Most Active | Most active promoter of the gay/lesbian lifestyle (based on other Non-Married failures) | 1 year | |
| Political Advocate | Engaged in active political support and advocacy for LGBT initiatives | 5 years | |
| Pride Month | Officially celebrates LGBT Pride Month | 27 months | |
| Sponsor | Sponsors gay/lesbian events | 2 years | |
| Supplier Diversity | Includes gay/lesbian businesses in supplier diversity program | 1 year (or 100) | |
| Trailblazer | Was the first to embrace new LGBT initiatives | 100 years | |
| Transgender Benefits | Provides surgical reconstruction for transgender employees (a.k.a. sex reassignment surgery) | 1 year (or 100) | |
| Pornography4 (4 parameters) | |||
| Cabaret Operator | Owns, operates, licenses "adult" clubs | 1 year | |
| Distributor | Distributes pornography (excluding via Internet) (Includes any form of porn: film, print, audio, etc.) | 1 year | |
| Internet | Engaged in any form of Internet porn activity (Includes Internet porn distribution, production, web hosting, advertising, referrals, partnerships/network arrangements, consulting, payment processing, etc.) | 1 year | |
| Producer | Produces pornography (excluding Internet porn) (Includes any form of porn: film, print, audio, etc.) | 1 year | |
| Positive Activity (4 parameters) | |||
| Christian Orientation | Has distinct Christian orientation and/or Christian management/board of directors | 1 year | |
| Corporate Chaplain | Provides corporate chaplain to employees | 2 years | |
| Employees Group | Has a Christian employees group | 2 years | |
| Entertainment Producer/Distributor | Produces/distributes family-friendly TV shows, movies, videos | 1 year | |
| Tobacco (2 parameters) | |||
| Distributor | Wholesale distributor of tobacco | 2 years | |
| Manufacturer | Manufactures tobacco products | 2 years | |
1. Failure periods vary from one parameter to another based upon a variety of factors (e.g., the nature of the activity and the type and availability of confirmation sources). As well, several parameters, themselves, have varying failure periods depending upon the failure confirmation source used. Note also that 100 year failure periods are given, in general, when selected parameters that relate to fixed corporate policies are confirmed on the basis of a primary source. In the unlikely event that a company policy does change, our ordinary research process will discover this information.
2. BRII defines an elective abortion as either a surgical or medical abortion that is performed under any circumstances, except when the mother's life is threatened by continuing the pregnancy.
3. A company will fail HR-A initially for five years. A review of the situation may result in extending the failure period for an additional five years.
4. BRII defines pornography as material that includes nudity and/or graphic sexual content for the purpose of sexual arousal. Also included is material that has been altered by pixelization or other means and that otherwise would depict nudity and graphic sexual content.