Corporation targeted by Brandon Gill digs in on 'diverse workforce' after firebrand opens DEI probe
FIRST ON FOX: A multibillion-dollar global corporation that House Republicans accused of peddling misleading claims about diversity in the workplace is sticking by its findings.Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who leads a House Oversight Committee task force on "exposing institutional abuses," targeted consulting firm McKinsey & Company over a series of reports it released that argued diversity in the workplace led to better business and financial outcomes."These McKinsey reports have been highly influential, being cited by publicly traded companies, asset managers, proxy advisory firms, and banking institutions, among others, as cause for embedding illegal racial and sex-based targets into hiring, promotion, executive compensation, and asset manager proxy voting policies," Gill wrote in a letter sent Monday and first reported by Fox News Digital.A spokesperson for the company told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that it agreed with Gill "that race and gender should not guarantee outcomes," but added, "We stand by our research on the business and economic impact of a diverse workforce."SENATE REPUBLICAN PUSHES MERIT-BASED MILITARY PROMOTIONS, TARGETS BIDEN-ERA DEI POLICIES"We also recognize that diversity in the workplace encompasses a broad range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
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FIRST ON FOX: A multibillion-dollar global corporation that House Republicans accused of peddling misleading claims about diversity in the workplace is sticking by its findings.Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who leads a House Oversight Committee task force on "exposing institutional abuses," targeted consulting firm McKinsey & Company over a series of reports it released that argued diversity in the workplace led to better business and financial outcomes."These McKinsey reports have been highly influential, being cited by publicly traded companies, asset managers, proxy advisory firms, and banking institutions, among others, as cause for embedding illegal racial and sex-based targets into hiring, promotion, executive compensation, and asset manager proxy voting policies," Gill wrote in a letter sent Monday and first reported by Fox News Digital.A spokesperson for the company told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that it agreed with Gill "that race and gender should not guarantee outcomes," but added, "We stand by our research on the business and economic impact of a diverse workforce."SENATE REPUBLICAN PUSHES MERIT-BASED MILITARY PROMOTIONS, TARGETS BIDEN-ERA DEI POLICIES"We also recognize that diversity in the workplace encompasses a broad range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We have and will continue to follow the law in the U.S. and in the other markets in which we operate," the spokesperson said.Gill wrote in his letter that McKinsey's reports were "highly influential in American corporations" and provided fuel for left-wing groups pushing race and gender-based diversity goals."With the support of the previous administration, progressive activists cited McKinsey’s reports to push companies, governments, and stock exchanges to implement rules which forced or incentivized illegal corporate racial or gender-based hiring and disclosure policies," he wrote.NEW YORK TIMES SUED BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGED 'DEI-RELATED' EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATIONGill also questioned whether the findings of the reports were legitimate."Although in 2024 McKinsey stated that it 'stands by its findings,' other researchers have found zero statistical correlation between a company’s gender and racial diversity and its financial performance," the letter said.
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- FIRST ON FOX: A multibillion-dollar global corporation that House Republicans accused of peddling misleading claims about diversity in the workplace is sticking by its findings.Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, who leads a House Oversight Committee task force on "exposing institutional abuses," targeted consulting firm McKinsey & Company over a series of reports it released that argued diversity in the workplace led to better business and financial outcomes."These McKinsey reports have been highly influential, being cited by publicly traded companies, asset managers, proxy advisory firms, and banking institutions, among others, as cause for embedding illegal racial and sex-based targets into hiring, promotion, executive compensation, and asset manager proxy voting policies," Gill wrote in a letter sent Monday and first reported by Fox News Digital.A spokesperson for the company told Fox News Digital on Tuesday that it agreed with Gill "that race and gender should not guarantee outcomes," but added, "We stand by our research on the business and economic impact of a diverse workforce."SENATE REPUBLICAN PUSHES MERIT-BASED MILITARY PROMOTIONS, TARGETS BIDEN-ERA DEI POLICIES"We also recognize that diversity in the workplace encompasses a broad range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
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