Three words of Tanna this year between politicians and business leaders at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: diversity, fairness and integration.
It is not surprising that Dei is in the minds of corporate leaders since it was at the forefront and the middle of the White House as well.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday during a virtual appearance in Davos. “America will become a merit -based country.”
Trump signed an executive order Dismantling diversity and inclusive programs in the federal government. The matter applies, as it is written only to employers in the federal government, but also mentioned the extension of his executive order for private institutions in his comments in Davos.
After his executive order, he also had his administration The positive procedure targeted in federal contract and Request to put all Federal Dei employees on a paid vacation.
On Earth in Davos, Dei was a conversation subject on both on the registry and behind closed doors, with discussions that include the ability to get rid of the common abbreviation and change external communication on some policies.
Most of the corporate leaders who spoke to CNBC during the first four days of the summit emphasized that although the language may change and the company's policies may remain the same.
Here is what executive officials said:
Jimmy Damon, CEO of Jpmorgan Chase
“We will continue to communicate with the black society and society of Spanish origin, gay society, and veteran society … wherever you go – the red states” do not try to turn to any side or anything. We have done, and what we have done is to raise cities, schools, states, hospitals, countries and companies, and we will do more the same. “
Adina Friedman, CEO of Nasdak
“For your Nasidak, we are still really looking at everything we do in building the right culture. We believe that a place where we feel that people can be themselves and can work with their highest capabilities, and they have a diversity of views and diversity of backgrounds, making us actually a better company and make us perform Better.
Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest
“People come on our platform from all aspects of life, from all different backgrounds, and therefore we have focused heavily on how to drive totalitarianism on our platform with things like comprehensive artificial intelligence, with things like” virtual diversity “in our summary … we are not (changing anything ) The reason is that we have already seen a better participation, there is a request for consumers, it's good for our business.
Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco
“I think what happened is that there is a sub -group of initiatives under the DEI brand that you did not like in particular. I think the whole thing was detonated because of that … If you are sitting in a room to try to solve a complex problem or to chase a great opportunity, I want a lot of The brains in that room, and I do not care whether it is a gender or if it was just a diversity of swinging of the pendulum and I think it was a handful of issues that sparked everything. “
Robert Smith, CEO of Vista Equity Partners
“I think diversity is great at work. How do I know? Because I look at the data, I look at the facts. When we have a variety of teams, our teams are more productive. We have less risks. In fact, you can outperform those who do not have a variety of teams . Diverse thinking about the work they do, in the products they offer, and in the markets they serve you will benefit from the long term … We will have to move through this, and there may be some laws that must be changed. “.
Alexander Wang, Mawazine of the CEO
“We are working in an incredibly competitive and competitive manufacturer in artificial intelligence, and I have no choice but to employ the best, most wonderful and most amazing of each job within my company. As a result, we have no choice but to be worthy … and in this process, We achieve diversity. “
