Apple Shareholders Vote To Keep Diversity Policies

Reuters reports:

Apple shareholders voted to keep the tech giant’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies at an annual meeting on Tuesday, a win for management which had opposed efforts by a conservative group to scrap the program. The vote was seen as a test of shareholder views about the value of DEI programs, which many companies added or beefed up starting in 2020 amid the Black Lives Matter movement.

A growing conservative backlash has pushed major U.S. companies to drop DEI initiatives ahead of and following Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency. Trump has criticized corporate DEI programs, suggesting the DOJ could investigate whether they violate the law. The National Center for Public Policy Research, which describes itself as a free-market think-tank, had submitted the proposal titled “Request to Cease DEI Efforts” to the shareholder meeting.

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