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Yes, the mission of scouting fits in perfectly with their belief system. However, as in everything else, they do it THEIR way. It is that way if you employ them and their way is the only way if you befriend them. A friend in Utah (non-Mormon) was upset because her kids' Mormon friends were always asking them to go to church and making a big deal of their recruitment. She finally told the parents that her children could go to the LDS church after the Mormon kids had visited their Methodist church. Needless to say, the cross-visitation didn't occur and the LDS kids quit asking.

As an employer, they are great employees. They are honest, have great family values, etc. They make the amount of money they want to make and won't give extra time if that makes somebody else's business more profitable. Within Mormon companies, there appear to be "tracks" and non-Mormons are less likely to advance than Mormons. They are entitled to their way of doing things, but don't count on them to be playing on your team if you are the captain.

Excuse me if I take what you just wrote with a grain of salt.

I know of some cases where some LDS youth groups actually went and visited other churches.

And I have worked in industry most of my career (mostly around non-LDS with just a few LDS) and I haveb’t seen any difference in the way Mormons integrate into groups.

Our experience has been that Scouting is a type of youth group for the LDS church. If you join the Troop, they want you to come to the church. But they do not participate on Scout get-togethers. They remain separate and autonomous.

They are also the only troops to put their church affiliation in their flag. I personally think it is a great idea but I wish they participated more in Council stuff.