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'Tough few months' | Target CEO moves to reassure staff after DEI backlash
Target's CEO has broken months of silence amid controversy over DEI pullbacks and...
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Quiet inclusion | DEI execs pivoting as diversity hiring goes undercover
DEI consultants rebrand as corporate leaders scale back diversity roles under political and legal sc...
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99% against | Levi Strauss & Goldman Sachs shareholders reject anti-DEI proposals
Levi Strauss and Goldman Sachs shareholders have overwhelmingly voted to maintain the companies' DEI...
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Political pressure | FCC using proposed Skydance merger to leverage Paramount over DEI commitments
FCC officials have raised concerns over Paramount's corporate approach to diversity,...
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40,000 emails | Staff back Marriott International's stance on maintaining DEI initiatives
Marriott International, recognised as having one of the world's largest and most...
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‘Go to HR’ | Tesla settles racial discrimination suit claiming manager said 'welcome to the slave house'
A Black employee alleged she faced harassment and racial discrimination at Tesla's plant in Fremont,...
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Bricking it? | Lego drops diversity terms from annual report amid anti-DEI pressure
Terms such as diversity, LGBTQ+, and people of colour were removed from Lego's 2024 sustainability...
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Hiring | Mastercard screens candidates on a 'decency quotient,' outgoing CPO reveals
Mastercard's former CPO said the firm looks to hear 'humanity' during interview responses...
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'Illegally fired' | Trump DEI dismissals raise legal and workforce concerns
A group of federal workers removed under Trump's executive orders targeting DEI efforts claim unlawful...
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'Relentless campaign' | Google faces lawsuit alleging sexual discrimination against men
A former senior employee alleges that male Googlers were systematically denied promotions and pushed...
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Footfall down | Is Target's DEI decision starting to impact its bottom line?
Target's foot traffic has fallen for the eighth consecutive week, sparking conversation...
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'True motives' | American Civil Liberties Union files racist firing complaint
The group alleges Trump's executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion...
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'Terrifying' incident | Walmart faces backlash over dismissal of worker labelled as being transgender
A former Walmart employee claims she was fired after a customer falsely accused her...
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Business impact | Target cuts performance bonuses amid backlash over DEI cuts
Target has announced a reduction in performance bonuses for salaried employees.....
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8 years of delays | Pentagon axes failed HR software project that cost over $300m
A memo said further investment in the HR tech project would be 'throwing more good...
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10% reduction | Dell reports shrinking workforce, reaffirms DEI commitment
Despite major job cuts, Dell has reiterated its commitment to diversity, equity,...
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99% against | Disney shareholders resoundingly reject call to drop DEI benchmarks
Disney shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal by nay-sayers at the...
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Frozen out | Ben & Jerry's CEO exit sparks Unilever row over political stance
Ben & Jerry's has claimed that parent company Unilever is forcing out its chief executive,...
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'A good result' | Google agrees $28m settlement in worker discrimination lawsuit
Google has agreed to pay $28 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed...
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‘Blatant’ | Gregorys Coffee founder sued by ex-VP of HR over alleged racism & discrimination
The lawsuit claims the HR exec was 'confronted time and again' with discrimination...
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'Extreme & outrageous' | Starbucks faces discrimination lawsuit over alleged harassment
A former Starbucks manager claims he faced discrimination and harassment at work...
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To be deleted | Black & female soldiers, war heroes, & 'Enola Gay' references flagged in Pentagon's DEI purge
The Trump administration's war on woke has reached the Pentagon, with pictures...
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No pronoun pins | AT&T scales back DEI initiatives as anti-diversity push continues
AT&T is the latest corporation to announce a scaling back of its diversity, equity,...
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'Kissing the ring' | Paramount hit by staff backlash over DEI rollback in open letter
Paramount Global is facing internal criticism after employees issued a scathing...
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AKA 'diversity' | Warner Bros. Discovery rebrands DEI efforts as 'Inclusion'
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has announced changes to its diversity, equity, and...
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‘DEI was a hoax’ | Wells Fargo scales back DEI hiring amid Trump pressure
Wells Fargo has scrapped a key DEI hiring policy that required a diverse slate of...
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'Widening our aperture' | Paramount joins list of DEI quits amid Trump-era pressure
Paramount Global attributed a DEI strategy shift to compliance with federal mandates...
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'Bank of opportunity' | Bank of America alters DEI policies amid fast-changing business climate
Bank of America has scaled back elements of its diversity policies as it adjusts...
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'Inclusion for growth' | PepsiCo drops Chief Global DEI Officer role as part of new strategy
PepsiCo is restructuring its approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)....
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39 days later | Zuckerberg's charity axes DEI team - weeks after reassurances to staff
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said a 'shifting regulatory and legal landscape'...
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Standing firm | Apple urges shareholders to reject anti-DEI proposal, while gender pay lawsuit goes ahead
Apple has urged its shareholders to vote against a proposal seeking to eliminate...
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'Better for the bottom line' | America's oldest civil rights body calls for buyers to back pro-diversity businesses
The NAACP has hit back at opponents of diversity by urging Black Americans to choose...
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‘Boldly pursue both’ | Defiant McKinsey says it can embrace 'meritocracy' without scrapping DEI
The consulting giant's stance differs from recent Government policy and moves by...
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