GrubHub

Illinois
Food and Staples Retailing

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

There are no publicly known cases of GrubHub terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, though it does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination. GrubHub has used corporate dollars to support travel for abortion and the Equal Justice Initiative. However, it has not used its corporate reputation to advance ideological causes. For these reasons, GrubHub receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

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Risk Level
Rationale
Corporate Weaponization
Criteria

Has denied service to 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
Rationale

There are no publicly known cases of GrubHub terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

GrubHub’s charitable giving is focused on addressing hunger, food security, and other related issues (1).

Criteria

Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

Risk Level
Rationale

GrubHub does not protect its employees against viewpoint discrimination (1).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
Criteria

Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level
Rationale

In 2016, then-CEO Matt Maloney sent a letter to all employees condemning Donald Trump and his immigration policies and urged all employees who did not support an “inclusive” environment to resign (1). Maloney left GrubHub in 2021.

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

GrubHub will “pay for up to $4,000 a year for travel expenses” for employees to get abortions “not available in their state,” and the company committed to donating $1 million to Equal Justice Initiative (1)(2)(3).

Criteria

Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level
N/A
Rationale

GrubHub does not have a PAC.

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March 29, 2023

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