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Will HCSC end it's DEI?

US companies are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, as right-wing pressure leads companies to alter their commitment to hiring diverse candidates and expanding access. Trump is ending DEI, do you think HCSC will follow?

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For some, DEI is code word for ‘get rid of the White men’. For others, DEI is code word for LGBTQ+, and for others, DEI is code word for equity and not equality.

I’m ok with Culture of Caring.

Burned out with DEI

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As a BRG leader, today I learned that HCSC no longer has a DEI team, and all references to DEI have been removed from the website. We no longer have a “culture of inclusion”, we have a “culture of caring”. No announcements.

This may appease the feds (until they realize it’s just a rebranding exercise), but we will see how the city and state leadership in Illinois feels about it.

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Post ID: @1re+1jjf9bn42

Check the website.

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Post ID: @192+1jjf9bn42

Another "diverse" individual here, and my sentiments exactly 👇🏽

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Post ID: @pg+1jjf9bn42

"Diverse" doesn't mean what you think it does. Diverse means people who think differently and take different approaches to solutions. You cannot tell that by a person's skin color and it is racist to think you can. You are choosing the best individual to fulfill a need, not picking paint chips to redecorate your room. As one of those "diverse" people myself I find it incredibly offensive to dismiss who I am as an individual and boil me down to a skin color. I hope this disgusting mess dies off everywhere.

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Post ID: @j9+1jjf9bn42

Yes. Trust me on this, it is going away.

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plural merits

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Post ID: @bv+1jjf9bn42

Probably not. Hcsc su-ks

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Post ID: @bf+1jjf9bn42

I wonder if any of the 40 or so states that need to approve the Cigna purchase will require a commitment to end DEI programs as a prerequisite to approval.

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If the rules for contractors end up extending to health insurance companies with government programs then...maybe? Otherwise I doubt it. BRGs drive employee retention and our industry is different from the consumer dynamics of some other industries that have been affected by anti-DEI 'activism.'

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Post ID: @aj+1jjf9bn42

No it will just get reinstated after his four years is up

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