Capitol Hill lawmakers predict if the Supreme Court's rejection of affirmative action will affect workplace hiring practices and diversity efforts.in June, lawmakers wondered whether it will extend to corporate diversity efforts.
Capitol Hill lawmakers discuss how the Supreme Courts ruling on affirmative action will affect corporate diversity efforts."I certainly hope not," Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said when asked if the Supreme Court ruling ramifications will bleed into the workplace."I spent 20 years in corporate life before coming here to Congress, and they're actually ahead of government in many ways in making sure that they have diverse workforces.
"Listen to the Democrats talk about how prohibiting China from putting hundreds of millions of dollars into U.S. education, from secondary all the way to postsecondary, is xenophobic, is somehow an attack on the rights of Asians, contrast that to their response to the Supreme Court's ruling," Palmer challenged.
The environmental factors considered under the practice can include how a corporation contributes to pollution or climate change, while the social criteria partly examines a company's relationship with employees.