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After declaring last year that the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program should be “decommissioned,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk apparently did his part to eliminate the DEI program. seems to be playing a role.
In Tesla’s latest 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week: electric car giant made a reference to those efforts, which had been included previously, and suggested the automaker was taking a different approach following criticism from its chief executive.
Tesla Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gestures and speaks during a press conference on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 in Fremont, California, USA. ((David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)/Getty Images)
This language was removed from human resources department filings last year. first reported Bloomberg touted Tesla’s diverse workforce.
“At Tesla, our employees are passionate about making a difference in the world and for each other,” begins the now omitted paragraph. “Enabling our employee resource groups, which have a majority-minority workforce, to lead efforts to attract, develop, and retain passionate employees is key to our continued success. It’s essential.”
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But Tesla has removed direct references to DEI before. The company’s 2021 10-K states: “Our ability to retain our employees depends on our ability to sustainably foster a safe, respectful, fair and inclusive environment, and to promote diversity, equity and inclusion internally and externally. We believe it depends on our ability to operate our business.” That language will not be included in subsequent filings.
Tesla’s logo. Tesla has quietly removed DEI language from its SEC filings in recent years. ((Photo Credit: WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)/Getty Images)
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| TSLA | Tesla Inc. | 187.91 | -0.95 | -0.50% |
Additional language in the 2021 filing that was not included in the 2022 or 2023 10-K states that “Tesla’s From sponsoring employee resource groups across many locations that include Asian Pacific Islanders, to Black people at Tesla, Intersectionality at Tesla, Latinas at Tesla, LGBTQ at Tesla, Veterans at Tesla, Women at Tesla; We leverage these networks as critical business resources and sources of actionable feedback to address diversity in our supply chain.”
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Tesla did not immediately respond to FOX Business’ request for comment on why it eliminated references to DEI in its filings, but Musk said in recent public comments that the program is doing more harm than good. He made it clear that he thought so.
The billionaire called for “abolishing” DEI programs in December, while writing on his social media platform X: “It’s about ending discrimination, not replacing one discrimination with another.” I wrote.
Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Vivatech trade show on Friday, June 16, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
And last month, Musk posted on X that its DEI was “another word for racismWhen X user Ed Klassenstein said he believed DEI was seriously flawed, Musk responded, “The race-based discrimination that DEI practices is literally the definition of racism.” answered.
In an interview with Ben Shapiro a few weeks ago, Musk predicted that DEI policies are actually being phased out.
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“I think DEI is starting to decline,” Musk said. “First of all, DEI is actually illegal because it discriminates based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and everything else.”
“I think DEI is in its final stages,” he continued, noting that more and more lawsuits are challenging DEI programs on that basis.
FOX News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
