America’s blacklist culture: Survey finds almost half of America’s major corporations are eagerly willing to blacklist others
1792 Exchange: Exposing blacklisting in
corporate America
They’re coming for you next: A survey by the non-profit 1792 Exchange has found that almost half of a list of 1,000+ major corporations, from Google to Kroger, are very willing and eager to “cancel a contract or client, or boycott, divest, or deny services based on views or beliefs.”
Of these, 160 companies were found to be “high risk” for blacklisting. For example, its report [pdf] on high-risk Coca-Cola found the following:
Coca-Cola Co. has demonstrated a willingness to terminate relationships with organizations based on ideology and require unconstitutional diversity mandates from vendors and suppliers. It lacks policies to prevent viewpoint discrimination, while it denounced local legislative efforts to reform election security and protect the unborn. Coca-Cola will not give to faith-based charities but gives to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Based on its policies and past practices, Coca-Cola Company receives a “High Risk” rating.
Note that Pepsi was also considered “high-risk”, even though it was slightly less willing to blacklist. According to the survey’s report of Pepsi [pdf]:
PepsiCo vets its vendors for LGBTQ protections and requires unconscious bias training for all employees while lacking viewpoint protections in its employment policy. PepsiCo also doesn’t match employees’ charitable giving for religious purposes but will match gifts to Planned Parenthood. PepsiCo has advocated for the Equality Act, transgender participation in girls’ sports, and federalized voting systems. Based on its policies and practices, PepsiCo receives a “High Risk” rating.
1792 Exchange’s survey also includes categories for companies with “medium” and “low” risk. The categories are all defined as follows:
“High Risk” companies have generally canceled or denied business relationships based on viewpoint disagreements or pose a high risk of canceling people and businesses who do not share their views.
“Medium Risk” companies have generally demonstrated willingness to advance one-sided ideological agendas and lack policies preventing corporate discrimination against those who disagree.
“Lower Risk” companies have not terminated business relationships or denied services because of ideological disputes and generally respect or allow differing viewpoints, despite some potential limited advocacy or missing policy protections.
A full description of the reasoning behind the survey can be found here. The survey found an additional 339 companies at a medium risk of blacklisting its employees or customers. Thus, of the 1,000 or so companies surveyed, almost half were willing to take political sides and blacklist.
1792 Exchange itself was founded in 2021 by businessmen who were horrified by the poisonous influence of leftist bigoted policies in the business world. Its mission is:
to develop policy and resources to protect and equip non-profits, small businesses and philanthropy from “woke” corporations, to educate Congress and stakeholder organizations about the dangers of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) policies, and to help steer public companies in the United States back to neutral on ideological issues so they can best serve their shareholders and customers with excellence and integrity.
The name comes from establishment of the first American stock exchange in 1792, based on the Buttonwood Agreement, which committed signers to “ignore political differences in favor of broader prosperity.”
If after reviewing the survey you know of a blacklisting company that is not included, 1792 wants to hear from you. There is a submission button at the bottom of the first link above.
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In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
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1792 Exchange: Exposing blacklisting in
corporate America
They’re coming for you next: A survey by the non-profit 1792 Exchange has found that almost half of a list of 1,000+ major corporations, from Google to Kroger, are very willing and eager to “cancel a contract or client, or boycott, divest, or deny services based on views or beliefs.”
Of these, 160 companies were found to be “high risk” for blacklisting. For example, its report [pdf] on high-risk Coca-Cola found the following:
Coca-Cola Co. has demonstrated a willingness to terminate relationships with organizations based on ideology and require unconstitutional diversity mandates from vendors and suppliers. It lacks policies to prevent viewpoint discrimination, while it denounced local legislative efforts to reform election security and protect the unborn. Coca-Cola will not give to faith-based charities but gives to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Based on its policies and past practices, Coca-Cola Company receives a “High Risk” rating.
Note that Pepsi was also considered “high-risk”, even though it was slightly less willing to blacklist. According to the survey’s report of Pepsi [pdf]:
PepsiCo vets its vendors for LGBTQ protections and requires unconscious bias training for all employees while lacking viewpoint protections in its employment policy. PepsiCo also doesn’t match employees’ charitable giving for religious purposes but will match gifts to Planned Parenthood. PepsiCo has advocated for the Equality Act, transgender participation in girls’ sports, and federalized voting systems. Based on its policies and practices, PepsiCo receives a “High Risk” rating.
1792 Exchange’s survey also includes categories for companies with “medium” and “low” risk. The categories are all defined as follows:
“High Risk” companies have generally canceled or denied business relationships based on viewpoint disagreements or pose a high risk of canceling people and businesses who do not share their views.
“Medium Risk” companies have generally demonstrated willingness to advance one-sided ideological agendas and lack policies preventing corporate discrimination against those who disagree.
“Lower Risk” companies have not terminated business relationships or denied services because of ideological disputes and generally respect or allow differing viewpoints, despite some potential limited advocacy or missing policy protections.
A full description of the reasoning behind the survey can be found here. The survey found an additional 339 companies at a medium risk of blacklisting its employees or customers. Thus, of the 1,000 or so companies surveyed, almost half were willing to take political sides and blacklist.
1792 Exchange itself was founded in 2021 by businessmen who were horrified by the poisonous influence of leftist bigoted policies in the business world. Its mission is:
to develop policy and resources to protect and equip non-profits, small businesses and philanthropy from “woke” corporations, to educate Congress and stakeholder organizations about the dangers of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) policies, and to help steer public companies in the United States back to neutral on ideological issues so they can best serve their shareholders and customers with excellence and integrity.
The name comes from establishment of the first American stock exchange in 1792, based on the Buttonwood Agreement, which committed signers to “ignore political differences in favor of broader prosperity.”
If after reviewing the survey you know of a blacklisting company that is not included, 1792 wants to hear from you. There is a submission button at the bottom of the first link above.
Readers!
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. Your support allows me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Only now does it appear that Washington might finally recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
1. Zelle: This is the only internet method that charges no fees. All you have to do is use the Zelle link at your internet bank and give my name and email address (zimmerman at nasw dot org). What you donate is what I get.
2. Patreon: Go to my website there and pick one of five monthly subscription amounts, or by making a one-time donation.
3. A Paypal Donation or subscription:
4. Donate by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman and mailed to
Behind The Black
c/o Robert Zimmerman
P.O.Box 1262
Cortaro, AZ 85652
You can also support me by buying one of my books, as noted in the boxes interspersed throughout the webpage or shown in the menu above.
Thank you for this list.
I am a little surprised to see Amtrak as a low risk considering they are essentially a government org.
Oh, and minor gripe. Kroger has no “e” in it.
sippin_bourbon: I have fixed Kroger, which by the way is a mistake I’ve made before. You’d think I’d learn.
Sad that everywhere liberals have power, politics, blacklists, and tyranny follow. This kind of information is necessary. Conservatives and non insane Americans have to separate from those people in as many ways as possible.
I have seen a few reports that the tech layoffs include reductions or elimination of the DEI parts of HR.
Not sure how true these reports are, or if it is wishful thinking.
If true, it would go a long way to fixing these problems.
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Mr Z. It is a common mistake.
Dinesh D’Souza Podcast Ep523
Michael Malice -Time for a National Divorce
https://youtu.be/jAaAICs2unw
50:22
Murray Rothbard
The American Economy and the End of Laissez-Faire: 1870 to World War II (1986)
Lecture 1: The Civil War & Its Legacy
https://youtu.be/BWpOPpsYizs
1:55:46
Pink Floyd
“One of These Days”
(animation from Dinner for Few)
https://youtu.be/YZCqh0beUwM
5:32
Black stone is a low risk?
Calling BS on that one
Yep, those terrible people concerned about the environmental issues the world is challenged by. How dreadful…
Interesting AP News article reporting on pushback GOP legislators in Indiana and Kansas are receiving from business trade groups, bankers, state pension funds, and Chamber of Commerce folks regarding what they feel is overly restrictive legislative attempts in those states to prevent ESG from being considered and the potential losses resulting if some of the bills are passed.
For anyone interested, a review of state and local news in the two states expands further.