McGraw Hill Education

New York
Media and Entertainment

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Summary:

McGraw Hill Education is wholly owned by S&P Global. McGraw Hill has not terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs, though it does vet suppliers according to their LGBTQ protections. McGraw Hill has supported the Equality Act. The company also has additional guidelines for charitable donations to religious groups. McGraw Hill Education does not have viewpoint protections for its employees. For these reasons, McGraw Hill receives a "Medium Risk" rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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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.

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There are no publicly known instances of McGraw Hill terminating business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. The company has received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign (1). The company has a Supplier Diversity program requiring that all suppliers have LGBTQ protections, as well as recommending suppliers become a “Certified Diverse Business” according to certain national certifying bodies of the company’s choice (2).

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

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McGraw Hill’s gift matching guidelines state that the company will not donate to “religious and political organizations” (1). However, the guidelines permit donations to religious organizations as long as “the gift is for a community service, i.e., a food shelf administered by a church or clergy.”

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

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McGraw Hill does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).

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

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McGraw Hill signed an open letter in support of the Equality Act (1). The company also issued a statement after the death of George Floyd, alluding to systemic racism (2). Florida Governor Ron DeSantis prevented certain McGraw Hill Math textbooks from being used in state education due to alleged references to critical race theory in the educational content (3).

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

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There are no publicly known cases of McGraw Hill using corporate funds to support ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression.

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

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McGraw Hill operated its own PAC until it was rebranded under S&P Global. The PAC donates in a bipartisan manner and does not support ideological PACs (1).

All links were last accessed and all information was updated on:
March 24, 2023

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