Walmart changes its DEI policy
Fox News contributor Joe Concha joins “Fox & Friends First” to discuss Walmart reversing its DEI policy, Alec Baldwin claims Americans don't have information, and Axios CEO speaks to media We discussed his response to Elon Musk over the changing situation.
FIRST ON FOX: New report examines corporate statements, annual reports, and other public documents from all Fortune 500 companies and finds virtually all maintain a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) I found out that it is. Amid growing criticism, private companies are abandoning these promises.
Walmart became the latest major company to scale back its DEI efforts last week. The move to move the private sector away from such efforts, which include race-based hiring practices and other preferential treatment offered based on a person's unchanging characteristics, prompted several letters to 49 Democratic members of the House of Representatives. It is so powerful that it gives off a certain amount of force. A few weeks ago, we appealed to the nation's Fortune 1000 companies not to bow to pressure to reverse their DEI initiatives. Lawmakers argued that these pledges would help give “all people” a fairer shot at the American Dream.
Efforts to ensure that “everyone” has a fair chance are the main reason Walmart has decided to start rolling back some of its efforts.
“Our purpose of helping people save money and live better lives has been at the heart of our company since our founding 62 years ago,” said Joe Pennington, Director of Walmart's Global Press Office. , continues to guide us today,” he told Fox News Digital. “We're on a journey and we know we're not perfect, but every decision we make fosters a sense of belonging and opens doors of opportunity for every employee, customer and supplier, and we strive to help Walmart It comes from the idea that we want to be for everyone.”
A new report from the right-wing Heritage Foundation finds that although some change has occurred as pressure on private companies to abandon their commitments to DEI has increased, 485 of the nation's 500 largest companies are using some form of DEI. The company continues to maintain its commitment to
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Researchers spent several weeks combing through various documents and correspondence belonging to all these companies and developed an easy-to-use database that allows readers to see the commitments for themselves.
The report's lead author, Johnthan Butcher, told Fox News Digital that public pressure could be very influential in getting private companies to abandon DEI promises that he called discriminatory. He said he was thinking about it. People familiar with Walmart's decision to rescind its DEI policy suggested that public pressure, in addition to feedback from customers and employees, was an aspect that drove some of the company's changes.
“When pressure is applied one after the other, companies realize they have no way to protect themselves when they are criticized and say, 'Well, what we're doing is really sound.' “Nobody's going to say that,'' Butcher said. “Instead, they just retreated. And rightly so.”
With Trump's election as FCC chairman, the FCC announces it will “end its promotion of DEI” next year.
The Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling last year banning racial preference in college admissions has led to further criticism of workplace DEI efforts.
Major companies mentioned in Butcher's report include Nike and UnitedHealth Group.
For example, Nike has a “Representation and Pay'' page on its website that states “Nike is committed to representing our workforce, including women around the world and racial and ethnic minorities in the United States.'' It turned out that he was claiming that there is. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group says on its “People and Culture” webpage that the company strives to provide “culturally competent care” to patients and aims to “promote a diverse health care workforce.” states.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Nike and UnitedHealth Group for comment, but did not receive a response.
Ultimately, Butcher said he believes Americans are waking up to the racist elements of DEI practices, noting that the point of the study is to continue to capitalize on that momentum.
