A certain number of eminent companies have reduced or put aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that A large part of American companies Approved following the demonstrations accompanied by the murder of the Minneapolis police of George Floyd, a black man, in 2020.
Entangled by A decision from the United States Supreme Court which prohibits positive action in university admissions, Conservative activists used the courts And social networks To target work programs. They targeted business sponsorships, affinity groups led by employees and hiring practices that prioritize historically marginalized groups.
DEI policies were generally intended for a counterweight for discriminatory practices. Critics argue that education, government and corporate programs that distinguish participants based on factors such as breed, gender And sexual orientation is unfair and the same opportunities should be offered to everyone.
These are some of the companies that have withdrawn from Dei:
The Facebook and Instagram parent company said it was get rid of of its program of diversity, equity and inclusion, which presented policies for hiring, training and selection of suppliers.
Like other companies that have announced similar changes before Meta, the social media giant said he had examined the program since the decision of the Supreme Court of July 2023.
Citing an internal note sent to employees, the Axios news website said that the technological giant based in Menlo Park, California, concluded that the decision had reported “a change in the way the courts will approach.”
Meta said that he would no longer have a diversity and inclusion team and “would rather focus on how to apply fair and coherent practices that mitigate biases for all, regardless of your career”.
The change means that the company will also end its “diversified slate approach” of hiring, which involved considering a various candidates for each open position.
Joel Kaplan, Meta- Freshly named global policy leader, told Fox News Digital That this decision will ensure that the company “constitutes teams with the most talented people” instead of making job decisions based on protected characteristics.
Amazon said that he interrupted some of his Dei programs, although he did not specify which ones. In a service note of December 16 to employees, Candi Castleberry, a senior human resources executive, said that the company had “completed exceeded programs and equipment, and that we aim to finish this by the end of 2024. ”
“We also know that there will always be individuals or teams who will continue to do well-intentioned things that do not line up with our approach on the scale of the company, and we may not see them always. But we will continue, ”she wrote.
Rather than “having individual groups built,” said Castleberry, Amazon “focuses on programs with proven results – and we also aim to promote a more truly inclusive culture”.
Four years after launching a push for more diversity in its ranks, McDonald’s said this month earlier that he ends some of his diversity practices, citing a decision of the United States Supreme Court Positive organization prohibited in university admissions.
McDonald’s said on January 6 that he would take care of specific objectives to achieve diversity at management levels. He also intends to end a program that encourages his suppliers to develop diversity training and increase the number of members of the minority group represented in their own leadership ranks.
McDonald’s said that he will also interrupt “external surveys”. THE giant hamburger Did not develop, but several other companies suspended their participation in an annual survey by the human rights campaign which measures the inclusion in the workplace for LGBTQ +employees.
In An open letter For employees and franchisees, the McDonald’s management team said it was attached to inclusion and considers that having a diversified workforce is a competitive advantage.
The largest retailer in the world confirmed in November that he will not renew a five -year commitment for a racial center of equity set up in 2020 after the murder of the police of George Floyd, and that he would cease to participate in the equal index of the companies of HRC.
Walmart also said that it would better monitor its third-party market to ensure that the items sold there did not include products for LGBTQ +minors, including chest binders for young transgender people.
In addition, the company will no longer consider race and sex as a decisive test to improve diversity when it offers supplier contracts and it will not collect demographic data when determining the eligibility for funding to these Subsidies.
CEO Jim Farley sent a note to the employees of the car manufacturer in August describing the changes in the company’s policies of the company, including the decision to stop participating in the HRC equality index.
FordHe wrote, had examined his policies for a year. The company does not use hiring or liaison compensation quotas to specific diversity objectives, but has remained determined to “promote a safe and inclusive workplace”, said Farley.
“We will continue to put our efforts and our resources to take care of our customers, our team and our communities in relation to publicly comments on the many polarizing problems of the day,” said the memo.
In August, Lowe executive leadership said the company had started to “examine” its programs following the decision of the Supreme Court’s positive action and decided to combine its resource groups from employees in a single umbrella organization. Previously, the company had “individual groups representing various sections of our associated population”.
The retailer will not participate in the HRC index and will stop sponsor and participate in events, such as festivals and parades, which are outside its business sectors.
In a post on X in August, Harley-Davidson said that the company would examine all the sponsorships and organizations with which it was affiliated, and that everything should be approved centrally. He said that the company would focus exclusively on the growth of motorcycle sport and the conservation of its faithful conduct community, in addition to supporting the first stakeholders, active soldiers and veterans.
The motorcycle manufacturer said that he would no longer participate in the equality classification of the workplace compiled by the human rights campaign, national groups for the defense of LGBTQ +rights, and that his training would be linked to business needs and the lack of socially motivated content.
Harley-Davidson also said that he had no hiring quotas and would no longer have supplier diversity spending.
Jack Daniels’ parent company has also retired from participation in the equality index of human rights societies, among other changes. Its leaders sent an email to employees in August saying that the company had launched its strategy of diversity and inclusion in 2019, but since then, “the world has evolved, our company has changed and the legal landscape and external has changed considerably ”.
The company said that it would remove its quantitative ambitions from the workforce and diversity of suppliers, would guarantee that the incentives and objectives of employees were linked to the performance of the company and examine the training programs for the consistency with a revised strategy.
“Brown-Forman continues to promote an inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed, respected and capable of making the best self to work,” said spokesperson Elizabeth Conway in an email.
THE Agricultural equipment manufacturer said in July that he would no longer sponsor the events of “social or cultural awareness”, and that he would audit all training documents “to ensure the absence of socially motivated messages” in accordance with federal and local laws.
John Deere, based in Moline, in Illinois, added “the existence of diversity quotas and pronoun identification has never been and are not a business policy”. But he noted that he would continue to “follow and advance” the diversity of the company.
The retailer in June said he was putting an end to a range of diversity and corporate climate efforts, a decision that came after weeks of online conservative reaction against the rural retailer.
Tractor Supply said that he would eliminate all of his dei roles while retiring from the current Dei objectives. The company added that it would stop sponsoring non -commercial activities “such as pride festivals or voting campaigns – and will no longer subject data for the HRC index.
The company based in Brentwood, Tennessee, which sells products ranging from agricultural equipment to pet supplies, also said that it would withdraw from its carbon emission targets to “focus rather on our efforts conservation of land and water ”.
THE National Black Farmers Association called the president and chief executive officer of Tractor Supply to resign shortly after the announcement of the company.
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