Apple opposes investor calls to end its DEI efforts

Apple opposed all 4 shareholder proposals. They all seem political: DEI, AI ethics, child sex abuse, and charitable giving.<p>It&#x27;s hard to imagine: one of the largest companies in the world, devices literally used actively by over a billion people, incorporating the most advanced hardware and software trends, with both value and growth investors -- and these are the only shareholder proposals?<p>They must be really, really well run.

Good on them. I truly don’t understand how people can be against furthering diversity in a mostly homogeneous sector of society (corporate tech).

I have my qualms with how most DEI programs are implemented but a bigger question about Apple and Meta (and others) is why you&#x27;d want to mess with company operations when they&#x27;ve been doing incredibly well? Love it or hate it, these companies have had historic success while implementing DEI, CSR, and many other programs for social good.<p>Again, while I do have issues with what DEI means in today&#x27;s workplace, can&#x27;t argue with how successful these companies have been at hiring and making money.

Personally I welcome the removal of DEI, but I find the way it is done pretty disgusting. Companies do it only because they expect to gain some favors with the incoming government. They wouldn&#x27;t even think of doing this if the other party won - and this two-facedness just makes me frown.<p>Of course Apple has their own agenda also. But this shows me at least some consistency and some spine in their internal government and corporate policies, even if I disagree with them.

I know it&#x27;s technically unrelated, but…<p>&gt; We strive to create a culture of belonging<p>and<p>&gt; Tim Cook personally donates $1million to the Trump inaugural fund (not quoted from the article)<p>just don&#x27;t sit together properly in my mind. The fish rots from the head.

This is probably the kind of thing that should be settled in court via a class action by shareholders.<p>Otherwise it’s mostly endless words on words.

Now that I think of it, DEI was a successor to CSR. With this chapter gone the next &quot;CSR&quot; primed to take over is Going Green.