Corporate Leadership
For Anti-DEI Groups Swarming Annual Meetings, Even a Loss Is a Win
Supporters of diversity, equity and inclusion policies say conservatives want to ‘wreck the system.’ Detractors say low shareholder votes show the system is biased.
Protesters for and against affirmative action demonstrate on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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For conservative groups, losing big at company annual meetings is still winning.
That’s because their growing presence at the shareholder gatherings is simultaneously disrupting management plans and generating headlines, even as their proposals to end corporate diversity programs attract scant support from investors.