Andrew Turnbull, Carrie Cohen, Michael Schulman, and Sadé Tidwell authored an article for Bloomberg Law discussing two U.S. Supreme Court cases challenging the use of affirmative action in college admissions and their potential effects on workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and affirmative action programs.
“Although the court ending affirmative action for college admissions may not directly apply to workplace DEI programs, the court’s decision could encourage challenges to workplace DEI and affirmative action programs,” the authors wrote. “Depending on the court’s reasoning, the opinion could undermine the importance of diversity as a compelling interest more broadly and undercut some of the rationales used to support DEI initiatives and affirmative action measures in the workplace. As a result, employers should understand the differences between permissible and potentially unlawful DEI and affirmative action programs.”
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