By Reuters
President Donald Trump’s escalating pressure on the private sector to ditch diversity programs has left some in Davos searching for new words to describe workplace practices they say are essential to their businesses.
Trump has issued a series of executive orders cutting federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, which attempt to promote opportunities for women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ people and other traditionally underrepresented groups.
He has also sought to dissuade private companies that receive government contracts from factoring underrepresentation into hiring decisions.
Trump’s moves on DEI have reverberated through the corridors of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, where gender parity, diverse workforces and better representation of minorities around the world continue to be key goals.
While tech companies Meta (META.O), opens new tab and Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab, which hold U.S. government contracts, say they are scaling back some initiatives, other executives at
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