Salesforce to End Diversity Hiring Targets After Trump Order

Salesforce Inc. is ending diversity goals in hiring after President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders aimed at eliminating such programs across the federal government and the private sector.

In its annual financial disclosures filed Wednesday, San Francisco-based Salesforce also removed previous references to diversity and inclusion being a “core value,” as well as language that some executive compensation was tied to “employee diversity measures.”

“While we are not specifying representation goals, we remain committed to our core value of equality,” a Salesforce spokesperson said when asked about the company’s hiring process.

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