Bloomberg rethinks diversity programs
Bloomberg editor John Micklethwait has told his newsroom the company is changing its inclusion efforts, saying it will no longer be specifically focused on underrepresented groups.
“We’re making sure that all of our programs are inclusive of everybody as opposed to being specifically built for particular underrepresented groups. That’s a change we’re going through,” he said in a staff meeting in recent weeks.
The company has also made slight changes in recent months to its diversity policies, like renaming its DEI team the “HR Inclusion” team.
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