Companies like Costco and Apple are defending their DEI programs despite nationwide pushback—These are the companies standing by their policies

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It’s been slightly more than a week since President Donald Trump began his second term, but he’s already made his mark on the biggest current workforce debate of our time: diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives (DEI). 

Trump signed an executive order last week eliminating all federal DEI programs. The following day, he issued an additional presidential action that directed government agencies to go after “illegal private sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.”