Walt Disney is removing the diversity of criteria to determine the compensation of directors, stating that leaders will now be evaluated in part on how well they maintain the company’s values and incorporate different perspectives.
Disney is also ending the Reimagine Tomorrow inclusion program, which had generated controversy. Conservative America First Legal Foundation entity filed a civil rights complaint against the company last year in the US, claiming that the program included hiring guidelines that equivalent to discrimination.
The changes were announced in an internal memorandum of the Director of Human Resources, Sonia Coleman, sent to employees on Tuesday (11).
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The Burbank -based entertainment giant, California, is the latest company to soften its focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (Dei) amid a growing reaction against such policies by predominantly conservative groups. In recent weeks, companies such as McDonald’s, Amazon and Walmart have reduced Dei programs, with President Donald Trump’s administration increasingly questioning their legality.
“What will not change is our commitment to foster a business culture in which everyone belongs and everyone can thrive, allowing us to offer the entertainment of global appeal that drives our business,” Coleman said in the statement.
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As part of the change, internal organizations of staff dedicated to specific groups are being renamed for belonging staff groups, to highlight that they are focused on strengthening work -on -the -place experience instead of business as a whole. Previously, they were called Business Official Resource Groups.
A Axios First reported the changes, adding that they also include a different language in content notices that are shown before some movies in the Disney+streaming service.
Instead of saying that a film “includes negative representations and/or abuse of peoples or cultures”, the new writing says “this program is presented as originally created and may contain stereotypes or negative representations,” said the Axios.
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