The Apple Tim Cook Executive Director Posizes because Apple holds an event at Steve Jobs Theater at his campus in Cupertin, California, USA, September 9, 2024.
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Apple The shareholders on Tuesday rejected a request for the abolition of programs for including and diversity, signaling that investors still see the value in the company diversity programs.
The proposal, submitted by the National Center for Public Policy Research, was voted at Apple’s annual shareholder meeting.
The proposal was encouraged by Apple to stop his diversity, equality and inclusion, or dei, and quoted CNBC Reporting It found companies like Alphabet,, Target,, Microsoft and Zoom They removed their diversity programs. He requested that Apple be resolved by its program, politics, departments and goals, claiming that diversity programs can discriminate and that the risk of compliance threatens to Apple’s essence.
“Apple risks arising from the continuation of these divisions and destruction only increases in the light of the recent executive order of President Trump, focusing on the Ministry of Justice to exploit the illegal discrimination on behalf of Dei,” the NCPPR CEO said Director Stephen said Padfield at the meeting. “The shift of the vibra is clear. Dei is out, and it is merit inside.”
Apple has opposed the measure, saying that it is already in accordance with the employment laws and that the proposal is inappropriately seeking to manage the company programs.
“Our strength has always come from the employment of the best people, and then providing the culture of cooperation, the one in which people of different origin and perspective gather to innovate and create something magical for our users,” said Apple Tim Cook CEO.
Despite the opposition measures, Cook warned that the legal landscape over the issue of diversity could force Apple to change.
Even before President Donald Trump was elected in November, diversity programs decreased throughout the corporate world. The key initiator was the judgment of the Supreme Court in 2023, which found that the affirmative measure in the reception to college was unconstitutional.
Companies like Amazon,, McDonald’s,, Goal,, Ford,, Lowe’s and Walmart abandoned or reduced Dei initiatives. When Trump has taken his duty last month, one of the His first commands sought to end the Dei Federal Government programs.
Apple has programs to include in the range from internal support groups, features for people with disabilities and research efforts to ensure that the company’s products and services do not show racial bias, according to company website.
Nearly two -thirds of the company’s workforce is male and 35% is female, the company website states, which states figures from 2022. The website also states that 42% of the white employees and 30% Asian.
Other proposals
Apple shareholders also knocked out external proposals for creating a report on ethical use of AI data, costs and benefits of different approaches to combat children and charity benefits.
Investors also knocked down a proposal from the National Center for Legal and Policy, which focused on its opening partnership. It suggested that Apple’s deal with open It can confront privacy and has called on the company to prepare a report on the risks of using private or unlicensed data to train artificial intelligence.
The company has opposed the proposal, saying that it already provides information about its privacy practices AI data.
The shareholders approved the Apple board for the Board of Directors, his auditor and executive fee of the company in advisory voting.
This included Cook’s annual fee. His salaries are salaries in the amount of $ 74.61 million in 2024, the shares and bonuses award, compared to $ 64.21 million in 2023. In the documents provided by shareholders, Apple announced that his market cap has increased by more than $ 3 trillion during Cook’s term.
At the meeting, Cook spoke of a sales number of $ 500 billion for US consumption announced on Monday, which was Greeted Trump.
“He is our home now and we are deeply committed to the future of the country,” he said.
In addition, Cook said that Apple plans to increase his dividend annually and that he would update investors about increasing this year in May.
“We also paid more than $ 165 billion dividends, including $ 15.3 billion in the last four quarters,” Cook said.
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