Moog - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

Moog is High Risk.

Moog is High Risk. The company yields to political activism in shaping corporate governance, potentially alienating consumers, dividing employees, and harming shareholders. The company implements race and identity-based policies that replace merit, excellence, and integrity with preferential treatment and outcomes. The company embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	High Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	High Risk
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

Corporate Governance and Public Policy Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Advocacy Bias	High Risk
Funding	Lower Risk
Political Actions	Lower Risk

Corporate Governance and Public Policy ⓘ

Rating Criteria Detail

Criteria Risk Level Rationale

Corporate Weaponization

Criteria:

Has canceled 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:

High

Rationale:

In 2015, Moog fired an employee after the employee brought up a concern that parts imported from China were defective; the employee was ignored at first, and then was fired by the company (1). The company integrates ESG into its business practices. From its Sustainability Report 2024: “In 2024, we completed an initial baseline estimate of our Scope 3 GHG emissions against our global spend data. Our next step is to engage directly with our supply base to validate the results. This data supports our longer-term strategy to work with our supply chain partners to actively reduce emissions across our supply chain” (2). However, the company has not canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (3).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Moog likely uses Benevity as its charitable giving platform. Benevity vets charities according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hate List, which includes mainstream libertarian, conservative, family, and religious advocacy organizations (1)(2)(3).

Criteria:

Employment policies fail to protect against viewpoint or other discrimination and/or are ideological in nature.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Moog offers unconscious bias, conscious inclusion, and DEI training to its employees (1). The company appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment and supply chain. From its Sustainability Report 2024: “To build a diverse and thriving workforce, we continue to invest in recruiting events that attract talent from various backgrounds” (2). The company also “commit[s] to proactively including diverse suppliers in competitive sourcing and procurement opportunities” (3). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (4).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

Uses corporate reputation to support causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

Moog supports DEI within its business practices. From its Sustainability Report 2024: “This involves embedding DEI in every interaction, including our team meetings, project collaborations, and customer engagements” (1). The company supports ESG within its business practices. From its Sustainability Report 2024: “Moog’s governance structure around our ESG efforts reflects our commitment to sustainability… This all becomes aligned through Moog’s CSER Committee, where the detailed strategy and progress is discussed and agreed upon with members of the executive leadership team” (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Moog has not used corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (1).

Criteria:

Uses corporate political actions and/or financial contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

Risk Level:

Lower

Rationale:

Moog does not operate a PAC at this time and has not lobbied for ideological purposes (1)(2)(3).