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Adjustments to US politics: SAP strokes women’s quota
US President Donald Trump leads a campaign against diversity and inclusion – now the software manufacturer from Walldorf fits. It is not the first time that a company makes concessions.
With regard to the policy of US President Donald Trump, the SAP software giant does not want to further promote the proportion of women in the group. The target quota of 40 percent in the workforce will be given up, according to an internal email that is available to the German Press Agency. The “Handelsblatt” had previously reported.
Due to the latest legal developments, your own initiatives would have to be adapted to diversity and inclusion in order to be in harmony with applicable law. In addition to the abolition of the overall women’s quota in the group, they will no longer be specifically encouraged in management positions at SAP at certain levels.
On “Handelsblatt” request, SAP confirmed that there is a change in the criteria for the board remuneration. As the internal mail continues, the diversity and inclusion starting point and the “Corporate Social Responsibility” area – an area for social responsibility are also thrown together.
Diversity programs are supposed to promote disadvantaged groups of people. However, US President Trump and his government have had a campaign against the programs known in the United States under the abbreviation Dei (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion).
As an argument, it is claimed that some population groups preferred others. Trump, his ministers and also Tech billionaire Elon Musk, lead the competence through such initiatives. There is no evidence of this.
Other companies with a large US business had also made concessions in the recent past: At the beginning of April, it became known that the Telekom subsidiary T-Mobile US largely gave up its DEI initiatives. In a letter to the US regulatory authority FCC, it was said that specific goals should be rejected. The day after the letter, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the takeover of the cable network operator Lumos. “T-Mobile US is characterized by the fact that their employees and suppliers bring in a variety of skills and backgrounds,” emphasized a group spokesman on request.
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Source: Stern
