{"id":3109,"date":"2025-01-22T22:35:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/business\/as-d-e-i-programs-come-under-attack-companies-like-costco-and-microsoft-forge-ahead\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T22:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:35:49","slug":"as-d-e-i-programs-come-under-attack-companies-like-costco-and-microsoft-forge-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/business\/as-d-e-i-programs-come-under-attack-companies-like-costco-and-microsoft-forge-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"As D.E.I. Programs Come Under Attack, Companies Like Costco and Microsoft Forge Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"


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As corporate diversity and inclusion programs come under attack, not all companies have scaled back.<\/p>\n

At Costco\u2019s annual meeting on Thursday, shareholders will vote on a proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, that would require the company to report on any potential risks diversity programs could pose to profits.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the vote, Costco\u2019s board delivered a full-throated defense of D.E.I., arguing that such initiatives reward shareholders and \u201cenhance our capacity to attract and retain employees who will help our business succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unlike Costco, some of the biggest companies in the country have rolled back efforts to increase workplace racial and gender equity \u2014 or at least been quieter about them. They\u2019ve pulled back from these initiatives under pressure from discrimination lawsuits, campaigns by social media influencers like Robby Starbuck and efforts by President Trump, who on Tuesday signed an executive order<\/a> directing government agencies to investigate D.E.I. programs at publicly traded corporations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n