DEI, Costco

When an anti-DEI activist took a swing at Costco, the board hit back
A shareholder proposal is arguing that Costco's diversity, equity and inclusion policies are making the Issaquah-based company susceptible to legal risks.
Costco shuts down shareholders demand to ditch DEI hiring practices
The Costco board has rejected a request from shareholders to drop its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. The shareholders urged the board to get rid of its “illegal discrimination” program. The Costco board replied to a number of ...
Costco is pushing back — hard — against the anti-DEI movement
Walmart, John Deere, Tractor Supply and other companies are changing or walking away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in response to right-wing pressure. But Costco believes DEI improves its business and is standing behind its efforts.
Costco rebuffs push to eliminate DEI programming
Costco’s board of directors adamantly urged shareholders to vote against efforts to limit the company’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) after receiving a proposal included in their annual notice to shareholders from the National Center for Public Policy Research to strike “discriminatory practices.
Costco claps back at "reprehensible radical right" organization's anti-DEI demand
Costco's most recent "Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders," which contains information about business matters that will be voted on at the January 23, 2025 meeting, included an anti-DEI shareholder proposal that was submitted by the National Center for Public Policy Research.
Was 2024 the year DEI fell apart?
Several companies and universities scaled back their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion in 2024 after facing ...
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MAGA's new DEI fight
The latest: Musk vowed last night to "go to war" to defend the H-1B visa program for foreign tech workers, branding some ...
DEI Isn’t Going Anywhere: Why Practitioners Are Doing More Despite Backlash
This article explores why DEI practitioners stay resilient despite backlash, exploring insights from a LinkedIn poll ...
This is how DEI will change in 2025
From relying more heavily on employee resource groups to shifting focus to belonging, these are four of the ways diversity, ...
Opus Dei’s One Big Conspiracy That Wasn’t
Gareth Gore’s book about the international Catholic group is more interested in domestic political in-fighting.
Bill Maher torches DEI efforts as meaningless 'virtue signaling' left uses to 'make themselves feel better'
"Real Time" host Bill Maher chastised the left over its embrace of DEI initiatives, calling it a distraction from finding ...
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University Considering Dismantling Its DEI Bureaucracy Schedules Workshop On ‘Recognizing Racism In Everyday Life’
The University of Michigan (UM) is hosting a workshop to teach graduate students how to recognize “racism in everyday life.” ...
Elon Musk urges supporters not to donate to Wikipedia after it spent $50M on DEI: ‘Wokepedia’
Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority,” Musk wrote on X on Tuesday.
How business owners can navigate DEI backlash
Several major companies have either recently dropped their DEI efforts or publicly distanced themselves from those initiatives.
Can DEI Survive Project 2025? Three Strategies To Consider
Learn how organizations can keep DEI thriving amid Project 2025 by resisting fear, telling DEI's story, and focusing on its ...