Sprout Social
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Summary:
Sprout Social, a social media management company, canceled Family Research Council, a religious nonprofit. The company vets vendors according to LGBTQ policies. Sprout Social has unconscious bias training for employees and has donated to Planned Parenthood. Sprout Social does not have viewpoint protection for its employees. For these reasons, Sprout Social receives a "High 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.
Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.
Sprout Social gives employees time off to volunteer with nonprofits of their choice. The company does not prohibit volunteering with faith-based organizations (1).
Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.
Sprout Social does not protect employees from viewpoint discrimination (1).
Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.
Sprout Social hosts “unconscious bias” training for employees (1).
Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.
Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.
Sprout Social does not have a PAC and explicitly states that it will not directly or indirectly support political parties or candidates for office (1).
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March 24, 2023
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