After Trump Diktat, Deloitte orders employees to delete gender forests

Last week, Deloitte us implemented changes to its policy that affects employees on government contracts and the company’s diversity and inclusion programs. The BIG Four company has asked consultants in its government and public services practice to remove gender forecast words from their e -mail signs, referring to the need to “adapt to emerging customer practices and requirements for the government”.

This step is seen as a reaction to the changing political landscape in the US, after the election of Donald Trump. The government of Trump has given executive orders aimed at ‘restoring biological truth to the federal government’, including recognizing only two genera in official documents and messages. Although the order has no direct consequences for private companies, it obliges government agencies to ensure that federal funds are not used to promote ‘gender ideology’.

Deloitte US is not the only company that updates its policy in the light of these changes. Accenture recently deleted its global diversity goals and demographic specific career programs, referring to an evaluation of the new American political landscape. Deloitte US has also announced that it is its diversity goals, annual diversity, equity and inclusion report, and dei programming, “sons” per year will be “sons” Financial times.

Deloitte US has confirmed that the guidelines for e -mail signs were given to the staff in the practice of the government and the public services, but refused to comment on the Dei goals.

The company has emphasized its commitment to diversity and inclusion and explains that “everyone is welcome at Deloitte.” However, the changes to his policy have asked questions about the impact on his diversity and inclusion initiatives. Deloitte US had set a series of dei goals that it intended by 2025, including the issue of $ 200 million with “black-led companies” and increasing the gender balance and the ethnic diversity of its American partners, clients and directors.

While Deloitte US will continue to carry out some initiatives, including events of Heritage Month, internal ethnic networks and ‘inclusion councils’, the changes in its policy have expressed concern about the dedication of the company to diversity and inclusion. The relocation has also asked questions about the impact of government policy on private companies and their diversity and inclusion initiatives.

In a statement, Deloitte US emphasizes its dedication to compliance with government regulations, which states that “as a US government contractor have a long -term state of compliance with new government requirements.”