Corporate Leadership

Corporate America Braces for DEI’s Death If Trump Wins Election

Diversity policies in spotlight amid legal, regulatory hurdles
Experts warn of a ‘hazardous’ path ahead for US firms

Donald Trump during a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina.Photographer: Travis Dove/Bloomberg

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By Simone Foxman and Jeff Green

July 31, 2024 at 9:00 AM UTC

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Corporate America is bracing for whiplash on the question of how to value diversity in the workplace: from an administration that has encouraged DEI programs to one that wants to decimate them.

Back in January 2021, Joe Biden wasted little time in repealing Donald Trump’s executive order restricting company diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.