At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos, Switzerland, three words this year among politicians and business leaders are diversity, fairness, and comprehensive.
It’s no wonder that DEI has played a central role at the forefront of the White House, so it is no wonder that DEI is interested in corporate leaders.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday at the Davos Conference, saying, “Our government has taken all kinds of discriminatory diversity, fairness, and inconvenience nonsense.” “The United States will be a country of talentedism again.”
President Trump signed a presidential decree on the first day of his inauguration to dismantle the federal diversity and inclusion program. According to the document, the order is applied only to the federal employer, but in a comment at the Davos Conference, he also mentioned that the Presidential Ordinance would be applied to private organizations.
In response to the president’s presidential decree, the administration has targeted the federal agreement (positive discriminatory correction measures) and ordered all the DEI employees of the Federal DEI to give paid leave.
At the site of Davos, DEI has been a hot topic in both records and closed rooms, and discussions such as abolishing the generally used initials and changing external communication, focusing on specific policies. Masu.
Most corporate leaders, who interviewed CNBC in the first four days of the summit, repeatedly stated that the language may be changed and internal policies may be fine, but the values of companies do not change.
The management remarks are as follows.
Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan Chase CEO
“We are going to keep reaching out to the Black Community, Hispanic Community, LGBT community, and veteran community. I say that we are not trying to meet our activities because we like our activities. I am very proud of what we did, and what we did. But I will continue to do the same. “
Adena Friedman, Nasdaq CEO
“For Nasdaq, we continue to consider everything we do to build the right culture. We can be able to work with ourselves and have the maximum possibilities for ourselves. I believe that it is a place where you can feel a diverse perspective and diversity. “Various backgrounds actually make us a better company and bring better. So we will continue to run that way. But in the end, I think these things will change by various political cycles. At the same time, I believe there is the bottom flow that keeps supporting. “
Pinterest CEO, Bill Lady
“People who use our platforms have various positions and various backgrounds, so we use comprehensive AI, such as” default and diversity “in the feed. It has been very focused on how to promote the comprehension of. … No [changing anything]The reason is that we have seen that it has actually led to the improvement of engagement, the demand for consumers, and that is good for our business. “
Chuck Robins, Cisco CEO
“I think what happened was that some of the DEI brands were hated, and I think that’s because of that … I was ruined … If you are sitting in the room to solve a complex problem, you want a lot of gender, nationality, and diversity of experience. I don’t care, but I think it’s a good thing for business, but it’s all about the trigger.
Robert Smith, Vista Equity Partners CEO
“I think diversity is great in business. How can you know it? Because you look at the data and look at the facts. If you have a diverse team, the team productivity. In fact, we can do it and exceed the company without a diverse team. I think it is a company that makes a variety of concepts and products that understand its importance. It will make a profit in the long term … we have to overcome this problem and there may be specific laws that need to be changed, but people will do something right.
Alexander Wan, Scale AI CEO
“We are active in the incredibly competitive and fast -changing AI industry. There is no other choice but to hire the best, most talented human resources in all work in the company. There is no other option except for becoming a powerfulism … we will achieve diversity. “
