The Death of Corporate DEI Efforts Is Premature
President Donald Trump's rollback of what he calls 'discriminatory equity ideology' started on his first day in office and continues even today, with a memo aimed at the foreign service. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Brad Stone writes in Remarks for April's issue of the magazine about American companies' widespread withdrawal of efforts to diversify their workforces and leadership. Plus: The US shutdown of an app used by asylum seekers may benefit smugglers, and a discussion of how Elon Musk's businesses are faring.
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