Ford joins other companies walking back previous DEI commitments on supplier quotas and LGBTQ+ corporate equality practices.
  • Ford Motor told employees in an internal communication that it had taken “a fresh look” at its DEI policies and practices over the past year.
  • Following that review, the automaker said it will not use quotas for minority dealerships or suppliers, adding that it does not have hiring quotas.
  • The company also will stop participating in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, as well as various other “best places to work” lists.
  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    77·
    20 days ago

    I, for one, am shocked that the company founded by GREAT AMERICAN Henry Ford would be against the ideas of things like diversity, equity or inclusion. I know that the PATRIOT Henry Ford would definitely be in favor of those things, but the Jews would never let him tell anyone.

  • neuracnuEnglish
    47·
    20 days ago

    On the bright side, all these companies walking away from DEI policies make the Corporate Equity Index’s lists a lot more useful for folks who want to vote with their wallet.

    For a while it felt like having a company’s name on the list was perfunctory, which makes it unremarkable.

    Doing the right thing before/after it being popular is remarkable, and worthy of my patronage.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      19 days ago

      They should set up a list with lagging inclusion to capture companies that are more proactive in pursuing good policy, possibly indicating that they actually believe in it.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      11·
      20 days ago

      Surely now that conservatives have seen putting pressure on these businesses is effective in getting them to drop Diversity and Inclusion programs, they’ll have no further demands… Right?

    • Doug Holland@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      20 days ago

      The big mistake would be imagining that Ford or other giant corporations ever gave a damn about diversity, equality in the workplace, etc.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
    44·
    20 days ago

    So doesn’t this mean that all this DEI initiatives were corporate pandering and not a conspiracy by “the radical left” who hate freedom and want to implement “Marxism”??? Cause that’s what conservatives have been saying all this time.

    • BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world
      11·
      20 days ago

      Of course it was all corporate pandering, but conservatives don’t even want that. Pandering means acknowledging minorities exist and God’s Own Party wants minorities to feel excluded, so they can be better exploited.

      • Drusas@fedia.io
        4·
        19 days ago

        I’m surprised SJW has disappeared from the nomenclature. It would be a lot more relevant now than it was back in its day.

        • tb_@lemmy.world
          2·
          19 days ago

          People have caught onto what they really mean by “anti-sjw”, so they’ve moved onto the next buzzword. And then the next, and the next.

          Whatever it takes to keep their plausible deniability in front of the media that they aren’t simply racist. Gotta keep that mainstream appeal.

  • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
    29·
    20 days ago

    It doesn’t matter who you hire when you are just going to lay them off and beg the government for money anyway.

  • Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    20 days ago

    Ah another company admitting to only starting their program to avoid lawsuits. It’s not too surprising because many companies didn’t really commit to whatever program they claimed to start.

  • restingboredface@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    16·
    20 days ago

    There isn’t the same level of pressure to commit to DEI as their is to stop it, and those supporting the latter position are probably seen as likely Ford customers.

    I’m sure cutting investment in any program also saves them money, which has to be seen as a benefit too.