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Is DEI really dead?
Behind the headline-making war on diversity programmes by the Trump administration lies a more complex reality.
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Members of the US Congress observing a moment of silence at the US Capitol in Washington on June 8, 2020, to honour Mr George Floyd and other victims of police brutality.
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The new Trump administration has made so-called “culture war” issues a focus of its early executive actions – particularly the dismantling of DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) programmes and mandates in the federal government, corporations and universities.
As a non-white female economist, business professor and former independent director on the corporate boards of US public companies, I have spent my entire career in white-male-dominant worlds. How does my personal experience fit with the academic and professional research assessing the impact of (primarily) gender and ethnic diversity on business and the economy?
