Corporate America is bracing for whiplash on the question of how to value diversity in the workplace: from an administration that has encouraged DEI programs to one that wants to decimate them.
Back in January 2021, Joe Biden wasted little time in repealing Donald Trump’s executive order restricting company diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Three-and-a-half years later, with Trump neck-and-neck against presumed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the polls, business leaders are shoring up their DEI programs to make them less vulnerable to criticism and legal challenges, say employment and legal experts.
Donald Trump during a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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While a Harris win in November ...