Rocket Companies

Rocket Mortgage, Quicken Loans
Missouri
Banks

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Caution
Medium Risk

Rocket Companies, the parent company of Rocket Mortgage and other subsidiaries, does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees. However, it has not publicly terminated business relationships based on views or beliefs. The company provides unconscious bias training for its employees and has lobbied for Michigan's local civil rights act to be amended to include "sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression". Rocket Companies is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) and has donated to the Equality PAC. The company has lobbied for ideological purposes but does not appear to discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. For these reasons, Rocket Companies receives a Medium Risk rating.

Criteria
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

Rocket Companies 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.

Risk Level
Rationale

Rocket Companies does not discriminate against religious organizations in its charitable giving. The company focuses on funding organizations that support,housing and homelessness, education, and economic development (1).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Rocket Companies does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (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

Rocket Companies hosts “unconscious bias” training for employees during LGBTQ Pride Month and supports LGBTQ Pride (1). The company and its subsidiaries have lobbied for Michigan’s local civil rights act to be amended to include “sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression” (2). Rocket Mortgage put tampons in men’s bathrooms to promote “menstrual equity” (3).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Rocket Companies is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) (1). Otherwise, it has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (2).

Criteria

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

Risk Level
Rationale

Rocket Companies donated to the Equality PAC and has lobbied for the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020” (1)(2)(3).

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December 12, 2023

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