Attacks on Corporate DEI Intensify With Boeing Supplier Probe

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recent request for Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.’s diversity, equity, and inclusion documents after serious defects were found in airplane parts it manufactured for Boeing Co. nods to a newer strategy to challenge corporate DEI policies.

Spirit, which manufactures the fuselages for Boeing’s 737 series jets, had until April 17 to provide documents for the investigation Paxton announced in late March. Boeing’s safety record has been under intense scrutiny since the National Transportation Safety Board found that four bolts were missing from the door panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet mid-flight in January. ...