McDonald’s Keeps ‘Core’ Inclusion Programs Despite DEI Backlash

McDonald’s Corp. said it’s sticking to its most important inclusion initiatives, even as the Trump administration and conservative activists attack diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

McDonald’s earlier this year retired “aspirational representation goals” for its workforce and a diversity pledge for its supply chain, while also adopting the “inclusion” terminology instead of DEI. But it has retained several other programs, including offering internal affinity groups that bring employees of similar backgrounds together and publicly reporting on representation.

“We changed some of the language that we’ve used it around it, but at the core none of our programming has changed,” said ...