Momentive

SurveyMonkey, GetFeedback
California
Software and Services

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Danger
High Risk

Momentive.ai, the maker of SurveyMonkey and GetFeedback, has not terminated business relationships due to views or beliefs. By complying with Human Rights Campaign’s controversial demands, Momentive increases the risk of dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. The company covers transgender-related medical costs for its employees and their children and provides specific sexual orientation and gender identity-based benefits. It also uses sex and gender ideology criteria in employee recruitment, vendor selection, marketing, and philanthropic support. Momentive forces employees to undergo multiple ideological trainings and uses its reputation, corporate funds, and political influence to support controversial sex and gender ideologies, organizations, and legislation. SurveyMonkey has opposed the protection of women's sports while mandating diversity training for all employees. The company provides a benefits package for employees which covers travel/lodging costs for an abortion. Momentive opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces. The company is a member of the "Don't Ban Equality" business coalition. Momentive denounced various states’ legislative efforts to protect election integrity and security. SurveyMonkey co-signed a letter to law firms demanding an improvement in diversity in order to retain business with the company. For these reasons, Momentive receives a High Risk rating.

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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.

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Momentive received a score of 100 on the 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a political stakeholder group. The company recruits employees based on sexual identity issues. The company discriminates against vendors that do not promote divisive sex and gender policies, indicating it prioritizes sexual issues over merit (1)(2). However, Momentive has not publicly fired customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs.

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Momentive’s HRC CEI rating indicates the company will not donate to non-religious charities unless they embrace controversial sexual identity policies (1)(2). Momentive does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving (3)(4).

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

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Rationale

Momentive’s HRC 2023 CEI rating indicates the company forces employees to attend multiple, controversial trainings on gender identity, sexual orientation, transgender issues, and divisive racial ideology. The company provides gender transition guidelines for its employees and a specific benefits guide with a comprehensive explanation of transgender services funded by the company (1)(2). Momentive protects its employees against viewpoint discrimination (3).

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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Momentive’s HRC 2023 CEI rating indicates the company agrees to allow a controversial stakeholder group focused on sexual identity issues to dictate marketing or advertising strategy (1)(2). By doing so, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. SurveyMonkey quoted noted black activist and communist Angela Davis in a press release on its efforts to become an “anti-racist” company (3). SurveyMonkey also requires DEI training (4). SurveyMonkey opposed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, which would prohibit teaching gender identity and sexual orientation to kids in K-3rd grade (5). SurveyMonkey became a member of the Business Coalition for the Equality Act and a signatory of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge (6)(7). Momentive opposed various state and local legislation intended to protect parental rights, girls’ sports, bathroom facilities, and gendered spaces (8). The company is a member of the “Don’t Ban Equality” business coalition, which advocates against any abortion restrictions because they are “bad for business” (9). Momentive denounced various states’ legislative efforts to protect election integrity and security (10). SurveyMonkey co-signed a letter to law firms demanding an improvement in diversity in order to retain business with the company (11).

Criteria

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

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Rationale

Momentive provides a benefits package for employees which covers travel/lodging costs for an abortion (1)(2). Momentive’s HRC 2023 CEI rating indicates the company covers transgender related costs for its employees and their children, including paid short-term leave, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest surgeries, genital surgeries, medical visits and lab monitoring, travel and lodging. Additionally, the company has pledged philanthropic support of at least one organization or event that promotes sex and gender ideology (3)(4). By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company increases health care costs and risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. Through the SurveyMonkey Contribute program, the company funds PFLAG, which has published pieces advocating for the delivery of gender transitioning services and support to youths under the age of 18 (5)(6).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Momentive’s HRC 2023 CEI rating indicates the company publicly advocated for controversial sex and gender ideology through local, state or federal legislation or initiatives (1)(2). By allowing a political stakeholder group to dictate operations, the company risks dividing employees, alienating customers and harming shareholders. Momentive does not operate a PAC at this time.

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March 18, 2024

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