Corporate Leadership
How Trump Reshaped Corporate DEI
Through executive orders and political pressure, data reveals how Trump has put a chill on corporate DEI culture and business priorities, from payrolls to supplier diversity programs.
Corporate America’s pivot away from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives accelerated during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second White House term.
The backlash against programs that focus on DEI was already gaining ground over the past year, but it hit a fever pitch with the election of Trump and a series of executive orders he said were aimed at purging “illegal DEI” from across the US.