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Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by DharmaPolice on Sunday May 05, 2024 @04:03PM (#40267740)
Not really the same thing but I worked for an organisation which had as a policy that every single team meeting had to have diversity & equality as a recurring item for discussion. 95% of the time this just meant the meeting lead saying "So...diversity - anyone got anything to say?" and then we moved onto the next item after a short silence. But every once in a while someone would raise something that might not have otherwise been brought up. It's a very crude instrument but it probably did get people to think a little more in that direction and maybe led to a little more awareness overall. The other standing item was health and safety which had a similar outcome.
Re:MIT abandons use of DEI statements by SV_BubbleTime on Sunday May 05, 2024 @06:47PM (#40269320)
It likely wasn’t General Motors you worked at… but every GM meeting must start with a safety tip - or some DEI claim.

In the engineering meetings I can tell you which one happens. And in the executive meetings that certain people can’t wait to spend 5-10 min of probably $20,000 worth of a dozen executives time with their feelings on the matter.

I fondly remember a heated discussion about chainsaw safety techniques.