NewsCorporate America’s DEI practices are under unprecedented scrutiny. A recent executive order from the President terminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government, the private sector now faces increased legal risks regarding its DEI initiatives. Domenique Camacho Moran shared her insights with Business Insider, emphasizing the importance of businesses proactively reviewing their diversity-related programs in consultation with legal counsel.
From the article:
Domenique Camacho Moran, a partner at the law firm Farrell Fritz in New York, also called it “critical” that every organization continues to evaluate its DEI-related policies to ensure they are not “in the interest of doing something good, inadvertently crossing the line.”
DEI programs, which many companies have adopted in recent years, “often talked about commitment to equal opportunity” and about “educating the workforce,” Camacho Moran said. “They rarely included numbers or targets for specific diversity initiatives.”
Those programs, however, “were not scrutinized closely by a variety of government agencies, and so some of those programs were outlined and articulated programming and opportunities that emphasized a particular minority group or particular protected class,” Camacho Moran said.
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Ways Companies Can Legally Bulletproof DEI Efforts After Executive Order – Business Insider