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Amazon is cutting some of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) The program becomes the latest major corporation to cut back on initiatives that critics have deemed “woke.”
In a message to employees last month, Amazon human resources executive Candy Castleberry announced an update to the company’s representation and inclusion efforts, saying e-commerce giant Some changes are being made over the years after “evaluating their effectiveness”.
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“We worked to unify employee groups under one umbrella and create programs that are open to everyone,” the memo, obtained by Fox Business, reads. “Instead of individual groups creating programs, we’re focusing on programs with proven results – and our goal is also to really foster a more inclusive culture.”
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The release of the memo, first reported by Bloomberg on Friday, follows a report from The Information earlier in the day, which showed that Amazon recently removed equity for Black people and LGBTQ issues from its “Our Positions” page. + Also cleaned up the sections titled Rights. Website.
In response, Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement, “We update this page periodically to ensure it reflects updates we have made to various programs and positions.”
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Amazon is the latest of several companies to scale back DEI initiatives in the past year, following fellow retail giant walmartAs well as Ford, Caterpillar, John Deere and Toyota. However, Amazon has been more subtle in its steps, unlike others like Meta, which announced sweeping changes to its DEI policies on Friday.
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Robbie Starbuck, the anti-trust activist and filmmaker who has led a successful campaign to pressure companies to end DEI initiatives, says he informed Amazon executives in December that he was part of their “woke policies” unless they commit to making changes.
In a post on X following news of Amazon’s changes, Starbuck threatened to expose the company’s alleged indifference by the end of the month unless the company clarified the changes it had made.
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Starbuck stated, “We will not stop until corporate America comes to its senses again and adopts corporate neutrality on divisive issues.” fox business“It remains to be seen how far Amazon is going to go to embrace eligibility, but our hope is that they will go far enough to refocus our reporting efforts elsewhere.”
