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Apple shareholders vote against pressure to scrap diversity policies | Business and Economy News
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Apple shareholders vote against pressure to scrap diversity policies | Business and Economy News

The proposal urged Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have recently rolled back diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Apple...

Apple shareholders to consider scrapping diversity programs amid backlash
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Apple shareholders to consider scrapping diversity programs amid backlash

This is a display of iPhone 16s in an Apple Store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 12, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File...

Google halts workplace diversity push
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Google halts workplace diversity push

Google has dropped initiatives aimed at making its workplace demographics better represent its diverse range of users, citing recent US presidential actions and...

What do Trump’s executive orders on workplace diversity programmes say? | Civil Rights News
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What do Trump’s executive orders on workplace diversity programmes say? | Civil Rights News

President Donald Trump has begun scaling back equal-opportunity programmes through two executive orders on his first day in the White House. Through these,...

Meta’s fact-checking and diversity rollbacks represent ‘dangerous retreat’ from corporate responsibility
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Meta’s fact-checking and diversity rollbacks represent ‘dangerous retreat’ from corporate responsibility

Credit: Julio Lopez from Pexels Meta, the corporation that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced that it not only plans to replace...

Amazon is halting some of its diversity and inclusion programs
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Amazon is halting some of its diversity and inclusion programs

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Amazon.com Inc. is halting some of its diversity and inclusion programs, a move that coincides with activist pressure on...

Apple wants to keep diversity programs disavowed by other US firms
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Apple wants to keep diversity programs disavowed by other US firms

Apple’s board of directors has recommended a vote against a shareholder proposal to end the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Apple’s board...

Meta abandons racial diversity programs in further right-wing shift
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Meta abandons racial diversity programs in further right-wing shift

Mark Zuckerberg recently went on influencer Joe Rogan’s podcast, where he criticized the Biden administration for asking that content be censored on Meta...

Meta, Amazon nix diversity, inclusion programmes ahead of Trump term | Donald Trump News
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Meta, Amazon nix diversity, inclusion programmes ahead of Trump term | Donald Trump News

Conservative groups have denounced the programmes and threatened to sue companies over them. Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Amazon are winding down diversity...