by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:
US companies are rebranding “diversity, equity and inclusion” as “wellbeing and inclusion” as a result of DEI programs facing legal scrutiny and falling out of favor in red states.
From Axios, “Companies are backing away from ‘DEI’ “:
The Supreme Court’s decision last year overturning the use of affirmative action in universities has drawn attention to corporate diversity efforts.
– Businesses are trying to avoid any programs that could draw legal scrutiny — any kinds of goals around hiring particular demographic groups are increasingly frowned upon.
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– “Anything that smacks of a quota” is out, said Diana Scott, Human Capital Center Leader at The Conference Board.
The intrigue: At the same time, many business leaders say they’re still committed to diversity. In a survey of chief human resource officers recently conducted by The Conference Board, zero respondents said they were planning on scaling back DEI in 2024.
State of play: This all means that the way DEI happens inside companies is changing.
– Some firms, like Blackstone, are focusing on hiring for socioeconomic diversity, and on changing job requirements to find more diverse talent without targeting a specific race or ethnicity, Fortune recently reported.
– And businesses are pulling back from the DEI term. The focus is moving away from “those three words” towards efforts around “wellbeing and inclusion,” said Scott from The Conference Board.
– “Companies are really starting to look at other ways to do the work without saying that they’re doing the work,” said Cinnamon Clark, cofounder of Goodwork Sustainability, a DEI consulting firm.
– Businesses will likely be talking more about “employee experience” or “wellness,” which falls under the inclusion bucket, said Clark.
As I reported two weeks, ago, former ADL director Abe Foxman called for a total and complete shutdown of “diversity, equity and inclusion” brainwashing because Jews are being treated the same as white people.
🇮🇱 🇺🇸 Former ADL Boss Abe Foxman Calls for Scrapping DEI
Former ADL director Abe Foxman is calling a total and complete shutdown of “diversity, equity and inclusion” brainwashing because Jews are being treated the same as white people. 🤡https://t.co/qTaUG80xpH
— Chris Menahan 🇺🇸 (@infolibnews) December 22, 2023
Bill Ackman has expressed similar concerns in the wake of Oct 7 and organized a campaign to oust Ivy League college presidents for not silencing critics of Israel (which he framed as a campaign against DEI).
Bill Ackman is a large donor to the Democratic Party, was urging a full economic shutdown for COVID, and is driven by the goal of barring Israel critics on campuses.
So he cynically invokes anti-woke and anti-DEI language to lure the American Right to support that cause: https://t.co/KNFrwUpKEs
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 16, 2023
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