"Of course, the Supreme Court decision was one of the sparks that made movement in terms of having companies reconsider DEI," says Ann O'Leary, partner and co-chair of government controversies and public policy litigation practice at Jenner & Block.
"If you take it from a purely legal perspective, I think that the legal risk mitigation is low in terms of continuing to be able to do DEI practices," she added.
"What we're seeing is companies looking at the holistic picture- like social media campaigns that have been run against companies and the political environment in which you have not only Trump, but his closest advisors, such as Elon Musk, going after particular companies around DEI."
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) dropped the word 'equity' from its strategy, while corporate communicators have started to lean more heavily on terms like 'belonging' and 'diversity of thoughts and perspectives.'
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