Floyd Killing Forces U.S. Business to Examine Its Record on Race

Derek Chauvin’s trial endedin a conviction. The business reckoning inspired by George Floyd’s killing is far from over.

Since Floyd died under the knee of former police officer Chauvin on May 25, more than 80 companies in the S&P 100 have promised to improve hiring for Black and other minority workers. Almost half have goals for improving representation in management, according to data collectedby Bloomberg. Twenty two S&P 100 companies have joined the OneTen Coalition, a pledge to add 1 million middle-income jobs for Black workers in a decade.

That’s the good news. But while corporations such as Microsoft Corp., Target Corp. ...