I'm not sure why Chase or any business would care to know this about their employees.

Hello blarman,
I believe this falls under the categories of "None of your business" and counterproductive. Is there no sense of privacy? of propriety any longer?
Regards,
O.A.

No matter Chase should be ashamed. No company be it large or small has this right. Thank God I do not associate with this firm. Huge lawsuit is an understatement.

Wow, although I didn't find any real response from Chase in the links, you'd think that Chase might have learned from Costco that there are certain things that you can or can not do that will piss off about half of your customers. As big as Chase is, losing half their customers would hurt them drastically. There are certain issues and even simple discussions that businesses should not get involved in, period. This is where a professional CEO comes in.

I think that Chase wanted to figure out how many people in thier organization are gay and how many people are okay with that. This information is useful to understand how many employees could sue Chase if they are fired based on a claim, they were disincrimated against based on thier sexual orientation.

The information will likely be used for lawsuit risk analysis. Of course, an employee being asked to fill out the survey might not think that's what the survey is about, which is completely understandable.

The mistake on part of Chase was a apparent lack of empathy for the employees who would be filling out the survey. Surprise a organization like Chase would go through with a survey like this.

It sounds like some Chase shotcaller is trying to get media points for "lawsuit of the year"... or since they got bailed by the dotgov, they think they're bulletproof, and the law doesn't apply to them anymore?

Glad I don't have any investments with these folk... they're gonna take a hit for this one. Hell, even a low level fast food assistant manager knows NOT to do something THIS stupid.

Hey, the queer community makes a point of shoving this stuff in our faces...how can anyone consider it "private" information, anymore? The Washington State Patrol requires a financial disclosure statement from prospective employees...how's THAT for invasion of privacy?
I don't understand the hoopla...assuming the questions were, indeed, optional. Just like the dozens of forms that ask our age, sex, RACE, household income, etc. that we receive on a regular basis. Those answers are considered optional, yet I don't see International groups getting all hot and bothered about them.

Well, it certainly was fun to start with that link and then try to drill down or Google ANY sources which might EXPLAIN Chase's position, rather than make assumptions about their motives or otherwise automatically vilify the company.

I finally found one... http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/...

JPMC is LGBT friendly and has been for quite a long time. Many of their corporate policies and support areas reflect that.

I can understand why a large corporation might want to do a 'reality check' with their employees regarding causes that the corporate folks support.

To me, this is sort of the mirror image of the Hobby-Lobby or Chick-fil-A brouhaha where Corporate has made THEIR positions clear but 180 degrees in the opposite direction.

As for JPMC being publicly traded, the free market can respond to them, too. They'll probably lose some business over this but odds are, it won't be a significant amount.

Just like HL and CfA haven't suffered by my personal boycott, either.

All this politically correct nonsense is just that. There is no reason that a company shouldn't be able to ask whatever they want. And you have every right to answer it or not.

The LGBT network sounds well-intentioned but something that came off completely wrong.

Maybe they had intentions of discriminating based on the info, but they're at least saying they're trying *not* to discriminate. Their approach may have accidentally made the problem of discrimination worse.