Costco’s Oversized Faith In DEI
Posted By: RockyTCB, 1/9/2025 9:25:21 AM
Costco’s board of directors has been winning plenty of praise lately for defending its “diversity, equity, and inclusion” program against a shareholder proposal put forth by a conservative group. It deserves none of it. The proposal, widely – and wrongly – described as a plan to dismantle Costco’s DEI program, says simply this: Resolved: Shareholders request that the Board conduct an evaluation and publish a report, omitting proprietary and privileged information, on the risks of the Company maintaining its current DEI (including ‘People & Communities’) roles, policies and goals. The pundit class described the board’s rejection
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Costco’s board of directors has been winning plenty of praise lately for defending its “diversity, equity, and inclusion” program against a shareholder proposal put forth by a conservative group. It deserves none of it.
The proposal, widely – and wrongly – described as a plan to dismantle Costco’s DEI program, says simply this:
Resolved: Shareholders request that the Board conduct an evaluation and publish a report, omitting proprietary and privileged information, on the risks of the Company maintaining its current DEI (including ‘People & Communities’) roles, policies and goals.
The pundit class described the board’s rejection
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