
Rocket Companies
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Summary:
Rocket Companies, the parent company of Rocket Mortgage and other subsidiaries, has not publicly canceled clients or fired employees due to religious beliefs or political views. The company does not discriminate against faith-based charities in its charitable giving and does not donate to ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression. Rocket Companies did temporarily pause PAC giving, although it doesn't donate to ideological PACs. The company has used its reputation to advance pro-LGBTQ policies but has otherwise stayed away from ideological causes hostile to freedom of expression. For these reasons, Rocket Companies receives a "Lower Risk" rating.
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.
Rocket Companies has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious beliefs or political views.
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Rocket Companies donates to a wide variety of charitable groups, especially those addressing housing and homelessness, education, and economic development (1). Rocket Companies does not prohibit donations to faith-based organizations.
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Rocket Companies does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Rocket Companies hosts “unconscious bias” training for employees during LGBTQ Pride Month and sponsors multiple Pride parades where it has corporate offices (1). The company and its subsidiaries have partnered with multiple local LGBTQ advocacy groups and have lobbied for Michigan’s local civil rights act to be amended to include “sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression” (2).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
There are no publicly known instances of Rocket Companies corporately funding ideological groups hostile to freedom of expression (1).
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March 23, 2023
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