Google has become the latest major American company that has abolished its employment goals from multiple workers from the under -represented groups, understands the BBC News.
The decision to leave the goals of employment of diversity, equality and inclusion (dei) comes after the company has conducted an annual review of its corporate policies.
The technological giant also reviews some of his Dei programs.
US President Donald Trump and his allies regularly attacked Dei politics. Since returning to the White House just over two weeks ago, Trump has ordered government agencies to eliminate such initiatives.
“We are advocating to create a job where all our employees can succeed and have equal opportunities,” said Google spokesman.
“We updated our own [annual investor report] The language that reflects this, and as a federal contractor, our teams also evaluate the changes that are required after recent decisions on the court and executive order on this topic. “
The story was first reported by Wall Street Journal.
Between 2021 and 2024, Google’s investor reports told their commitment to “diversity, equality and involvement be part of everything we do.” This line is not in its latest report, which was announced on Wednesday.
In recent years, Google has been an open supporter of the Dei goal, especially after the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the protests that followed after his death.
At the time, Google’s Director Sundar Pichai set a five -year goal to increase the number of his leaders who came from the under -represented groups by 30%.
According to the company, the number of blacks in leading roles almost doubled between 2020 and last year. Google also said he recorded an increase in women and Latin people among his guidance.
Google is the latest main company that made a turn in its diversity policies.
Meta, Amazon, Pepsi, McDonald’s, Walmart and others returned their dei programs.
Apple pointed out, pushing back into this trend. Last month, the Technology Gigant Committee asked the investor to vote against the proposal to end their diversity policies.
The proposal of the conservative group, the National Public Policy Research Center (NCPPR), urged the iPhone manufacturer to abolish their policies Dei, saying that they exhibit “litigation, reputational and financial risks”.
Last week, Target of the retail chain was sued by a group of shareholders, led by the Police Pension Pension Fund of the City of Riviera Beach, Florida, who said that the company had allegedly flooded them by concealing the risks associated with the Dei policy.
The lawsuit in its stores related to the return link in 2023 over LGBTQ+ goods, which caused the fall and its sale and the price of shares.
The lawsuit followed after Target announced that it would end their goals to Dei.
In the latest example of the disapproval of Trump’s administration due to such policies, the US president has speculated last week, without providing evidence that Dei led to a air accident in Washington.
The remarks, which came less than 24 hours after the collision, were in line with the efforts of the White House to cancel such programs.
