Following a Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, several major companies, including Target, Meta, Amazon, McDonald's, and Walmart, are reevaluating and scaling back their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. These changes involve discontinuing specific goals, ending participation in diversity surveys, and shifting focus towards fostering a more inclusive culture through proven outcomes.
DEI policies typically were intended as a counterweight to discriminatory practices. Critics argue that education, government and business programs which single out participants based on factors such as race, nationwide and employs more than 400,000 people, said it also would conclude the diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI , goals it previously set
Citing an internal memo sent to employees, news website Axios said the Menlo Park, California-based tech giant concluded the ruling signaled “a shift in how courts will approach DEI." “We also know there will always be individuals or teams who continue to do well-intentioned things that don’t align with our company-wide approach, and we might not always see those right away. But we’ll keep at it,” she wrote.
Walmart also said it will better monitor its third-party marketplace to make sure items sold there do not include products aimed at LGBTQ+ minors, including chest binders intended for transgender youth. The retailer also will no longer participate in the HRC index, and will stop sponsoring and participating in events, such as festivals and parades, that are outside of its business areas. said the company would review all sponsorships and organizations it was affiliated with, and that all would have to be centrally approved.
“Brown-Forman continues to foster an inclusive work environment where everyone is welcomed, respected, and able to bring their best self to work,” spokeswoman Elizabeth Conway said in an email. said in July that it would no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events, and that it would audit all training materials “to ensure the absence of socially-motivated messages” in compliance with federal and local laws.
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