Walmart is latest – and biggest – employer to roll back its DEI policies: Will more firms follow?

Last week, the world’s largest retailer announced that it will start to unwind its Center for Racial Equity, as other employers, including Boeing, Ford and JPMorgan Chase, have recently backed away from their DEI policies.

By Lynn Cavanaugh | December 02, 2024 at 10:03 AM

Last week, Walmart announced the retailer is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion policies – the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are re-evaluating their policies following the election of Donald Trump as the nation’s next president.

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