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Ford joins list of companies walking back DEI policies
Ford joins other companies walking back previous DEI commitments on supplier quotas and LGBTQ+ corporate equality practices.
The automaker has taken "a fresh look" at its DEI policies and practices over the past year to take in to account the evolving "external and legal environment related to political and social issues," according to an internal communication that was shared with global Ford employees and posted on X on Wednesday by an anti-DEI activist. Human Rights Campaign scores over 1,300 companies annually based on their corporate equality measures for LGBTQ+ individuals, including practices like offering spousal medical benefits regardless of sex and having distinct LGBTQ+ community outreach efforts. "There is an old saying: If you give an inch, people take a mile, and that is essentially what we have seen when the Supreme Court made a ruling that was very specific to institutions of higher education," industrial and organizational psychologist Derek Avery told CNBC.
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