Accenture has scrapped its global diversity and inclusion goals after an 'evaluation' of the US political landscape, becoming the latest big company to ditch its targets since the election of Donald Trump. www.ft.com/content/0c0c... - ThreadSky

financialtimes.com • 16 days ago

Accenture has scrapped its global diversity and inclusion goals after an 'evaluation' of the US political landscape, becoming the latest big company to ditch its targets since the election of Donald Trump. https://www.ft.com/content/0c0c720f-4292-403b-b4e4-f3c83e58596b

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ei795.bsky.social•16 days ago

Only two questions. One is if they honestly never believed in this then they should have had courage to say so back in the day. If they honestly believe it is good but are bowing to Trump then they should say that. Are these not the only options? Not good for apple polishers is it?

orangedeflector.bsky.social•16 days ago

Good for them

These dipshits will keep giving the school yard bully their lunch money

dersertdry1.bsky.social•16 days ago

So having a representative workforce with trust and respect for all, no matter their race, sex, religion, sexuality or nation of origin is now somehow “political” and must be eliminated? I thought it was just called being a good human. Being a good employer.

compactlaw.bsky.social•16 days ago

Just roll over

harisheldonus.bsky.social•16 days ago

IG Farben produced Cyclon B for the Nazis enabling the gas chambers.

We see today how the connection between fascism and free companies works in real-time. Today it is DEI. What will it be tomorrow?

americarip.bsky.social•13 days ago

Shameful

officer-blackavar.bsky.social•16 days ago

Truly pathetic. Abject moral cowardice.

altja.bsky.social•16 days ago

Cowardly action.

lawrencewirth.bsky.social•16 days ago

Cowards

val415.bsky.social•15 days ago

Shameful and ridiculous.

jjcarlson.bsky.social•16 days ago

Another spineless company giving Donald Trump public fellatio. smdh

112fm.bsky.social•16 days ago

antonvangramberen.bsky.social•16 days ago

It would change Accenture’s diversity policy in Europe then? Trump is crossing the ocean.

miskakuusela.bsky.social•16 days ago

Yes, these are global companies. Now, if DEI affects employee retention and employer image, and the attitude of clients, and actual business performance, these companies should, logically, weaken as a result of this.

billga2603.bsky.social•16 days ago

Fascism has shed its veil all round.

pinkrockstarxx.bsky.social•15 days ago

Trump really empowered big corps to flagrantly display their true “values”

davidhowe.bsky.social•16 days ago

Shameful and cowardly. When I worked for Accenture I was proud of the Corporate Values - clearly they actually meant nothing

cascada57.bsky.social•16 days ago

very nice that I've never heard of them, don't have to go out of my way to boycott them

mtaulty.bsky.social•15 days ago

I guess they'll have to fire the Chair, CEO, Board and Global Management Committee because all those people were committed to this initiative as per the text below...

( taken from https://www.accenture.com/gb-en/about/inclusion-diversity-index )

niclh.bsky.social•16 days ago

Dafuq?!

pataz1.bsky.social•16 days ago

If businesses are willing to rewrite their values at the first serious challenge, did they ever actually hold those values?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/6/2301993/-Universities-will-have-to-decide-bow-down-to-Trump-or-defend-their-students-and-missions

jjcarlson.bsky.social•16 days ago

The only 'core value' of any corporation is to make money. Whatever market-tested bs is on their slick web site is usually pure fiction.

kaiao.fi•16 days ago

No.

Signed,

Business consultant, former ethicist

dawoifee.bsky.social•16 days ago

It alwasy just was a marketing gag.

no2bs.bsky.social•16 days ago

The greedy, bootlicking poodle-ness. Depression.

jacksont0ny.bsky.social•16 days ago

So they were just marketing slogans in the first place
My God

gerardkroon.bsky.social•16 days ago

Failed the litmus test for corporate values.

pozlit.bsky.social•16 days ago

Pathetic

sutherla.bsky.social•16 days ago

Fads in the Accenture board room

anibalinvic.bsky.social•16 days ago

Good to see that companies operate with deep rooted values, independent of the political winds at each moment 😏

misrothian.bsky.social•16 days ago

Companies should have the only goal -- profit.

hjreid.bsky.social•15 days ago

Such wimps. No backbone whatsoever.

gunterrichter.com•16 days ago

What this says to me is that Accenture originally set their DEI goals because they "had to", not because they wanted to, or because it was the right thing to do.

miskakuusela.bsky.social•16 days ago

What this says to me is that even major corporations fold like leaves at the move of Trump’s finger, and they’re ready to fold to anything, right or wrong.

truebleu.bsky.social•16 days ago

🎯

grumpygerman2.bsky.social•16 days ago

We'll see more preemptive obedience, not just from private businesses but also from universities. Their top managers will claim that they are protecting the institutions they represent, but first and foremost, they are protecting their own sinecures. That's the only principle they have.

rikky23.bsky.social•16 days ago

I'm happy to say the the US parent company I work for sent out their mandatory code of conduct training on the 20th. It clearly pointed out that discrimination from every thing for race to gender identity. Not bad for a Texan based company with links to the petrochemical industry. There is hope.

stinow.bsky.social•16 days ago

I will boycott any American company that reveals its true face like this. Good riddance Google as well

dohman.bsky.social•16 days ago

"United States of America is being run by racists."

fixed your headline...

truebleu.bsky.social•16 days ago

Which is it Accenture?

truebleu.bsky.social•16 days ago

So Accenture you’d rather align your brand with this, then?
https://youtube.com/shorts/JKutbDb83q8?si=E_hLsW_wyt1eXYiD

truebleu.bsky.social•16 days ago

AOC has some thoughts
Accenture:
https://youtube.com/shorts/2rrSR8oxdQI?si=Imj3d8rh8w1u7EO_

truebleu.bsky.social•16 days ago

Hey Accenture, so diversity equity and inclusion is no longer part of your best practices anymore? Is this more suitable to your fresh approach?

knittergamer.bsky.social•16 days ago

🤬

northstar6151.bsky.social•13 days ago

Cowardly Bastards !

jdurkmon.bsky.social•16 days ago

Cowards

sdahlhan.bsky.social•16 days ago

Shameful and unworthy. Blaming US political landscape for a global setback. Maybe a better word i spineless. Why did you implement the diversity targets in the first place?

dororob.bsky.social•16 days ago

Pathetic. Noted

resistanceisalive.bsky.social•15 days ago

Shame on you.

chiunkeols.bsky.social•15 days ago

Fuck them.

lordcorwyn.bsky.social•16 days ago

Simply proves that Accenture bosses never held those values to begin with. We should take good note of all those companies gleefully rushing to strip their workplaces of equal rights & access, and ‘reward’ them accordingly. Even if they conveniently re-adopt them if normality & progress ever return.