MWWPR - 1792 Exchange

Rating Overview

MWWPR is Medium Risk.

MWWPR is Medium Risk. The company often 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 occasionally embraces corporate initiatives that redirect its central focus from business goals to partisan policies and divisive issues at times. This approach fails to safeguard free exercise, free speech, and free enterprise.

Rating Criteria

Corporate Weaponization Risk Levels
Criteria	Risk Level
Cancellations	Lower Risk
Discriminatory Philanthropy	No Data
Employment Protection	High Risk

Corporate Weaponization ⓘ

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

Lower

Rationale:

MWWPR has not publicly canceled customers, suppliers, or vendors based on political views or religious beliefs (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

N/A

Rationale:

MWWPR does not publish charitable giving guidelines (1).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

MWWPR appears to prioritize diversity over merit in its recruitment, hiring, leadership composition, and supply chain. From its Careers page: “Our DEIJ Council is focused on attracting and retaining diverse talent, building an inclusive culture, and advancing our social impact efforts to drive tangible change” (1). From its Careers and Cuture Page, “Today, we have increased the racial/ethnic diversity of our workforce, with BIPOC talent now making up 25% of our US employee population” (2). The company requires its employees to take anti-bias training (3). The company does not provide viewpoint protections for its employees (4)(5).

Corporate Governance and Public Policy

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

MWWPR’s CEO is a signatory to CEOs for Gun Safety (1). The company supports DEI within its business practices, hosting a DEIJ Council (2)(3). The company supports DEI within its business practices. From its website home page: “We celebrate diversity in our employees and partners, and we’re committed to building a safe and inclusive workplace environment where we all can thrive and bring our best ideas to life” (4).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

Medium

Rationale:

MWWPR has funded Black Lives Matter, Color of Change, The Equal Justice Initiative and Campaign Zero (1). Otherwise, there are no publicly known cases of the company using corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies (2).

Criteria:

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

Risk Level:

High

Rationale:

In 2020, MWWPR has donated to the LGBTQ Victory Fund but has not reported on its lobbying (1)(2)(3).