Paramount Global Latest To Shift On DEI As Trump Directives Cycle Through Media
deadline.comIn a memo to staff today, Paramount Global’s co-CEOs — George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins – advised on “changes in the way the company approaches inclusion moving forward,” the latest to capitulate to the Trump administration’s attempt to roll back DEI. “As a result, some of our policies must change to comply with these new mandates,” they said.
Following Disney and companies in media, tech and across industries, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion metric in its short-term incentive plan will disappear.
The incentives will now be based on a Workforce Culture and Development qualitative metric, “focused on building a high-performing and inclusive culture, including through developing leadership and engaging our workforce. ” The execs assured that, “We continue to welcome talent of all backgrounds.” The company will no longer measure “success in progress on companywide DEI initiatives, including aspirational representation goals,” the execs wrote in the memo, obtained by Deadline.
It will no longer ”set or use aspirational numerical goals related to the race, ethnicity, sex or gender of hires” and has stopped collecting rata on race, ethnicity, sex or gender data for U.S.
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