Accenture Abandons Diversity Targets Citing Trump’s Orders (1)

Accenture Plc, the professional services firm with nearly 800,000 employees around the world, is abandoning its diversity targets after US President Donald Trump ordered his administration to push private firms to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

Accenture is sunsetting the goals, which it first set in 2017 and updated in 2020, and will no longer use them to measure employees’ performance, Chief Executive Officer Julie Sweet said in a memo to staff. The consulting giant largely achieved the goals it put in place, she said.

“We are and always have been a meritocracy,” Sweet said in the memo, ...