Boeing eliminates diversity department – Bloomberg
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Boeing has reportedly dismantled its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) department, with the vice president leading the team resigning amid a significant workforce restructuring, as reported by Bloomberg on Thursday.
DEI initiatives are designed to promote equal representation for individuals across various races, genders, and disability statuses.
Historically, Boeing's workforce has been predominantly white and male. The company had previously promised to increase its hiring of minority groups and boost Black employment by 20% by 2025.
Sources cited by Bloomberg indicate that the company’s diversity staff will be reassigned to new roles. Sara Lian Bowen, a vice president who headed the DEI department, has also departed from the company.
The dissolution of Boeing’s DEI team comes at a time when major corporations in the US are facing criticism for what some detractors label “woke” discriminatory hiring practices targeting white men.
Last month, anti-DEI advocate Robby Starbuck, who has urged companies like Toyota and Harley-Davidson to lessen their diversity initiatives, disclosed that he contacted Boeing's new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, to warn her about a potential online campaign against the company's DEI efforts.
In response, Boeing has asserted its commitment to fostering an “inclusive environment,” emphasizing that it prohibits discriminatory hiring practices and maintains a “merit-based performance system” focused on “equality of opportunity, not of outcomes.”
Ortberg is implementing a major overhaul of Boeing's operations to address substantial financial losses. The company has faced scrutiny in recent years due to safety concerns and investigations related to issues found in its aircraft. Additionally, there has been an extended workers' strike centered on inadequate wage increases.
As part of the restructuring, Boeing is reducing its executive ranks and plans to cut its workforce by approximately 10%, which amounts to about 17,000 jobs.
“Our business is in a difficult position, and it is hard to overstate the challenges we face together,” Ortberg communicated to employees in a memo last month. “Restoring our company requires tough decisions, and we will have to make structural changes to ensure we can stay competitive and deliver for our customers over the long term,” she added.
Rohan Mehta contributed to this report for TROIB News
DEI initiatives are designed to promote equal representation for individuals across various races, genders, and disability statuses.
Historically, Boeing's workforce has been predominantly white and male. The company had previously promised to increase its hiring of minority groups and boost Black employment by 20% by 2025.
Sources cited by Bloomberg indicate that the company’s diversity staff will be reassigned to new roles. Sara Lian Bowen, a vice president who headed the DEI department, has also departed from the company.
The dissolution of Boeing’s DEI team comes at a time when major corporations in the US are facing criticism for what some detractors label “woke” discriminatory hiring practices targeting white men.
Last month, anti-DEI advocate Robby Starbuck, who has urged companies like Toyota and Harley-Davidson to lessen their diversity initiatives, disclosed that he contacted Boeing's new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, to warn her about a potential online campaign against the company's DEI efforts.
In response, Boeing has asserted its commitment to fostering an “inclusive environment,” emphasizing that it prohibits discriminatory hiring practices and maintains a “merit-based performance system” focused on “equality of opportunity, not of outcomes.”
Ortberg is implementing a major overhaul of Boeing's operations to address substantial financial losses. The company has faced scrutiny in recent years due to safety concerns and investigations related to issues found in its aircraft. Additionally, there has been an extended workers' strike centered on inadequate wage increases.
As part of the restructuring, Boeing is reducing its executive ranks and plans to cut its workforce by approximately 10%, which amounts to about 17,000 jobs.
“Our business is in a difficult position, and it is hard to overstate the challenges we face together,” Ortberg communicated to employees in a memo last month. “Restoring our company requires tough decisions, and we will have to make structural changes to ensure we can stay competitive and deliver for our customers over the long term,” she added.
Rohan Mehta contributed to this report for TROIB News
