Summary

Costco’s board rejected a shareholder proposal to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, arguing they foster respect, innovation, and cultural alignment with customers and employees.

Shareholders claimed DEI could lead to lawsuits citing “illegal discrimination” against white, Asian, male, or straight employees, referencing legal cases like Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

Costco countered that its DEI efforts comply with the law and enhance its culture, rejecting claims of legal risk.

The proposal will be voted on at Costco’s January 23 shareholder meeting.

    • @rabber@lemmy.ca
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      18 months ago

      You think they just all happen to get hired purely on merit? You think women aren’t treated differently than men too and men are just naturally attuned to executive roles?

      Yes

        • @rabber@lemmy.ca
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          18 months ago

          So this has nothing to do with the race/gender/minority checkboxes on job applications that automatically get you an interview? That’s the sort of shit I disagree with.

          Yes I really think men are more naturally inclined to do executive type roles. Men and women aren’t the same.

          And yes I think that people are hired on their ability to do the job first and foremost. The thing is that white people are more advantaged in society when it comes to acquiring said skills to do said jobs but that’s an entirely different problem.

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              8 months ago

              I think that white people have better opportunities to get educated etc. Not that they are inherently better. Being born into a poor family is obviously going to present you with less opportunities. That’s a whole different problem unrelated to hiring practices though.

              Yeah men do make better leaders as we have seen all throughout human history. Queens were far more likely to wage war than kings, one example. Men and women are more different than they are the same. Not superior/inferior; just different.

              • @LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
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                8 months ago

                Yes I really think men are more naturally inclined to do executive type roles. Men and women aren’t the same.

                I don’t really know how this jives with what you just wrote.

                Edit; you added a new section that honesty is just you trying to have your cake and eat it too

                • @rabber@lemmy.ca
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                  18 months ago

                  Top 20 jobs held by men and women are the same list today as it was 100 years ago prior to feminism. Men tend to do certain jobs and women tend to do other jobs. This has rang true all throughout human history. It’s nothing to do with prejudice against women.

              • @LandedGentry@lemmy.zip
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                18 months ago

                just a reminder that this all started as your hatred for DEI which you did not understand. Do you still oppose it?

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                    I’m just gonna be blunt, I don’t think you understand the topic of workplace discrimination. If you can’t even parse DEI and demographically-driven hiring quotas it’s hard to take your broader opinions on discrimination in the workplace seriously. That’s like arguing about computers and thinking a hard drive and ram serve the same function because they both involve “memory.” You fundamentally misunderstand these systems.