McDonald’s is ending some of its diversity practices, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that outlawed affirmative action in college admissions.

Summary

McDonald’s is scaling back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against affirmative action and growing political backlash.

The company will end specific leadership diversity goals, pause supplier diversity programs, and halt participation in external surveys like the Human Rights Campaign’s workplace inclusion index.

Critics see the rollback as part of a broader trend among major corporations facing political pressure against DEI efforts.

  • celeste@kbin.earth
    371·
    3 days ago

    Companies were comparatively quiet during pride last year, and i saw some people pointing out that as annoying as corperations are, it is a really bad sign when they back away, and what it signals for lgbt progress. This rollback is an even worse sign, since it has a real effect on people trying to get jobs and keep living.

    • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Yeah now that MAGA is fully in charge and getting more popular, I feel like we’re about to really see which companies are full of shit with their pride marketing and which ones actually stick to their principles.

  • Zachariah@lemmy.world
    162·
    3 days ago

    So they’re going to increase hiring based on race instead of capabilities? (Majority of managers are white guys with a bias towards white guys).

    There’s going to be a bias either way. Why not use one that’s spelled out rather than implicit in each person?

  • zbyte64@awful.systems
    7·
    3 days ago

    Let’s be real, they’re not axing it because of diversity, but rather the two words that follow (Equity and Inclusion) are an anathema to share holder value.

  • BassTurd@lemmy.world
    6·
    3 days ago

    I guess I’m done eating McDonald’s for a while… Been easier with the high prices, but this make it super easy.

      • BassTurd@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 days ago

        For sure. It’s not that I frequent McDonald’s, maybe a dozen times a year with traveling, but now I have another, non health related reason to actively avoid them.

        More of my bad habits should have corporate slipups to turn me off to them. Ideally not at the expense of others but maybe they all just say something heinous and then double down.