{"id":648859,"date":"2025-01-12T03:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T00:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/apple-board-opposes-proposal-to-abolish-dei-programs\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T03:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T00:40:17","slug":"apple-board-opposes-proposal-to-abolish-dei-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apple-board-opposes-proposal-to-abolish-dei-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Apple board opposes proposal to abolish DEI programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le\u2019s board of directors has come out in opposition to a proposal seeking to end the company\u2019s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/ix?doc=\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/320193\/000130817925000008\/aapl4359751-def14a.htm\">a proxy filing<\/a>, the company said the National Center for Public Policy Research (a conservative think tank) is submitting a proposal for Apple to \u201cconsider abolishing its Inclusion &amp; Diversity program, policies, department and goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The think tank\u2019s proposal claims that DEI programs could make companies vulnerable to lawsuits, citing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Students_for_Fair_Admissions_v._Harvard\">the recent Supreme Court ruling<\/a> against race-based affirmative action in colleges and noting that other companies have eliminated or scaled back similar programs. (Most recently, Meta eliminated its DEI programs, and Amazon is reportedly pulling back as well.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apple, however, said the proposal is \u201cunnecessary\u201d because the company \u201calready has a well-established compliance program\u201d that would presumably keep it out of legal trouble. The filing also criticizes the proposal because it \u201cinappropriately seeks to micromanage the Company\u2019s programs and policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company also said it strives \u201cto create a culture of belonging where everyone can do their best work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/01\/11\/apple-board-opposes-proposal-to-abolish-dei-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s board of directors has come out in opposition to a proposal seeking to end the company\u2019s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.\u00a0 In a proxy filing, the company said the National Center for Public Policy Research (a conservative think tank) is submitting a proposal for Apple to \u201cconsider abolishing its Inclusion &amp; Diversity program,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":648860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/sddefault_5a0ed2.jpg?w=640","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[151537],"class_list":["post-648859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-government-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}