Corporate America’s Attempt to Rebrand DEI Programs

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🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Just a few years after they trumpeted their DEI efforts, companies are now backtracking and trying to hide these programs. Wall Street Journal On the Clock columnist Callum Borchers joins host Julia Carpenter to talk about this reversal and what it means for employees and job hunters. Further Reading: How Target Boycotts Affect Black-Owned Businesses Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I made you think you was dream.
0:02.0	My name is Caden Sinclair.
0:04.0	Some people call us American royalty.
0:06.0	We were liars.
0:07.0	A new series on Prime Video.
0:09.0	We were happy. We wanted for nothing.
0:12.0	Based on the best-selling novel.
0:15.0	Something terrible happened last summer,
0:17.0	and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.
0:20.0	No one in my family will tell me.
0:22.7	When you're left for dead, you want answers.
0:25.2	We Will Liars. New series, watch now, only on Prime Video.
0:32.5	Here's your many briefing for Tuesday, June 24th.
0:35.8	I'm Julia Carpenter for the Wall Street Journal.
0:43.2	Just a few years ago, companies were trumpeting their efforts to hire and promote more women and people of color.
0:50.7	Now, those same companies are taking their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts incognito.
0:56.9	So if you're an employee or a job seeker, can you be satisfied with the business's internal policies, or is it important to you that your employer be a public advocate?
1:05.9	I think that's something that you all have to wrestle with.
1:08.3	We'll talk with Wall Street Journal on-the-clock columnist, Callum Borshers,
1:12.0	about the evolution of corporate America's DEI policy,
1:15.7	and its sudden shift into the background.
1:18.9	That's after the break.
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