How DEI work will actually be affected by the affirmative action ruling, according to experts

Last week’s Supreme Court decision will likely influence corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. But it doesn’t mean the end of DEI.

Since the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on affirmative action last week, many observers have sounded the alarm on how it might shake up the corporate world and derail hard-won initiatives that address diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. The decision, which centered on the admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, effectively gutted race-based admissions in higher education—a major departure from decades of precedent that some legal experts say could set the stage for attacks on corporate DEI programs.

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