## Colophon tags:: url:: https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-kills-diversity-hiring-targets-04433d7c date:: [[]] %% title:: Exclusive | Google Kills Diversity Hiring Targets type:: [[clipped-note]] author:: [[@wsj.com]] %% ## Notes > “diversity, equity and inclusion are good for business,” — [view in context](https://hyp.is/oFbLXORgEe-rSCsSL5uM3g/www.wsj.com/tech/google-kills-diversity-hiring-targets-04433d7c) > Meta Platforms last month eliminated the team overseeing its diversity efforts and ended its representation goals for interviewing and hiring women and minorities. Meta’s vice president of human resources, Janelle Gale, told employees the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing — [view in context](https://hyp.is/qNeARuRgEe-bN7cTL8tG2Q/www.wsj.com/tech/google-kills-diversity-hiring-targets-04433d7c) > Several companies have been targeted with shareholder proposals aimed at ending DEI efforts. Apple has recommended that shareholders reject a proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, to end the company’s inclusion and diversity efforts — [view in context](https://hyp.is/sSNDZuRgEe-l5YOKHHH8-w/www.wsj.com/tech/google-kills-diversity-hiring-targets-04433d7c) > “diversity, equity and inclusion are good for business,” — [view in context](https://hyp.is/oFbLXORgEe-rSCsSL5uM3g/www.wsj.com/tech/google-kills-diversity-hiring-targets-04433d7c) > Meta Platforms last month eliminated the team overseeing its diversity efforts and ended its representation goals for interviewing and hiring women and minorities. Meta’s vice president of human resources, Janelle Gale, told employees the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the United States is changing — [view in context](https://hyp.is/qNeARuRgEe-bN7cTL8tG2Q/www.wsj.com/tech/google-kills-diversity-hiring-targets-04433d7c) > Several companies have been targeted with shareholder proposals aimed at ending DEI efforts. Apple has recommended that shareholders reject a proposal from the National Center for Public Policy Research, a conservative think tank, to end the company’s inclusion and diversity efforts — [view in context](https://hyp.is/sSNDZuRgEe-l5YOKHHH8-w/www.wsj.com/tech/google-kills-diversity-hiring-targets-04433d7c)