Apple shareholders voted against ending the company's DEI policies. Forbes has reached out to JPMorgan Chase for comment. Costco has refused to back down from its DEI policies. She urged the department to enforce federal civil rights laws to push private companies to roll back DEI, and cited the Students for Fair Admissions v.
Harvard Supreme Court case, which ended affirmative action, as cause for eliminating DEI at universities. In an executive order issued on the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump ordered the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the federal governmentโbut it has also threatens to punish some private entities , like public companies, non-profits and universities, that use them.
Several business leaders addressed diversity, equity and inclusion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, while Trump railed against it in his speech. Reuters spoke with three unnamed tech executives at Davos, all of whom run companies that have contracts with the U. A conservative think tank, the group pushes shareholder resolutions at many companies that would roll back corporate DEI and environmental regulations.
Apple previously rebuffed the National Center for Public Policy Research in , when shareholders rejected a resolution that would have forced the company to disclose more about the cost effectiveness of its investments to combat climate change. Diversity, equity and inclusion policies โwhich can include employer-mandated diversity trainings, resource groups for underrepresented minorities and commitments to equity in hiringโswept corporate America after the police killing of George Floyd.
Ackman, in an essay slamming DEI, claimed he had learned Gay was hired through a Harvard presidential search process that primarily considered candidates who met certain diversity criteria, though a Harvard spokesman said DEI officers had no hiring authority. Robby Starbuck, a former music video director, has led the charge on social media against companies that are committed to DEI policies and has orchestrated public pressure campaigns to get companies to abandon these commitments.
