{"id":1961917,"date":"2023-06-30T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T00:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eeoc-commissioner-on-scotus-ruling-will-lead-to-crackdown-on-esg-dei-programs-in-companies\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T20:10:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T00:10:34","slug":"eeoc-commissioner-on-scotus-ruling-will-lead-to-crackdown-on-esg-dei-programs-in-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eeoc-commissioner-on-scotus-ruling-will-lead-to-crackdown-on-esg-dei-programs-in-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"EEOC Commissioner predicts crackdown on ESG, DEI programs due to SCOTUS ruling."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feeoc-commissioner-on-scotus-ruling-will-lead-to-crackdown-on-esg-dei-programs-in-companies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1961917&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner Andrea Lucas Responds to Supreme Court Ruling<\/h2>\n<p>In response to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that racial discrimination in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-justice-department-scraps-investigation-into-yales-discriminatory-admissions-process\/\" title=\"Biden Justice Department Scraps Investigation Into Yale\u2019s Discriminatory Admissions Process\">college admissions<\/a> is illegal, Commissioner Andrea Lucas from the Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) predicts a surge in lawsuits targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, as well as environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) measures.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas made these remarks following the Supreme Court&#8217;s 6-3 ruling that deemed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-exempts-military-academies-in-affirmative-action-ruling\/\" title=\"Supreme Court exempts military academies from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medical-professor-warned-colleagues-that-schools-racial-preferences-were-illegal-and-he-was-removed-from-directorship-now-hes-suing\/\" title=\"Medical Professor Warned Colleagues That School\u2019s Racial Preferences Were Illegal And He Was Removed From Directorship. Now He\u2019s Suing.\">affirmative action<\/a> ruling.&#8221;>race-based admissions programs<\/a> at Harvard and the University of North Carolina illegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe this ruling will serve as a wake-up call for employers,\u201d Lucas stated during an interview with Fox News\u2019 \u201cAmerica Reports.\u201d \u201cNow is the perfect time for lawyers to thoroughly examine the legality of their corporate diversity programs. While many employers may not explicitly use the term affirmative action, it is still prevalent today. From ESG initiatives to equity-focused efforts, there is immense pressure across corporate America to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eeoc-commissioner-on-scotus-ruling-will-lead-to-crackdown-on-esg-dei-programs-in-companies\/\" title=\"EEOC Commissioner predicts crackdown on ESG, DEI programs due to SCOTUS ruling.\">make race-conscious decisions<\/a> in employment law, and that is both illegal and has always been illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lucas further added, \u201cI have noticed an increasing number of challenges to corporate DEI programs, and I anticipate that this decision will shed an even brighter light on the misalignment of some of these programs. Let me be clear, I am not criticizing all diversity programs; it truly depends on their structure. However, if these programs explicitly or implicitly consider race in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-is-insufficient-for-us-to-simply-focus-on-the-more-traditional-masculine-areas-of-the-economy-stacey-abrams-pivots-on-biden-jobs-report-failure\/\" title=\"\u2018It Is Insufficient For Us To Simply Focus On The More Traditional Masculine Areas Of The Economy\u2019: Stacey Abrams Pivots On Biden Jobs Report Failure\">employment decisions<\/a>, such as race-restricted internships, race-restricted mentoring, or race-focused promotions, they are in violation of the law. I expect to see a rise in legal challenges as this issue gains more attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Watch the interview below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrealucasEEOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andrealucasEEOC<\/a> reacts to this morning&#8217;s Supreme Court decision on affirmative action with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SandraSmithFox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SandraSmithFox<\/a> and what it may mean for employer hiring decisions and more. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmericaReports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AmericaReports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GXeBrT6PJX\">pic.twitter.com\/GXeBrT6PJX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 America Reports (@AmericaRpts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmericaRpts\/status\/1674505140299239429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court upheld a ruling that race cannot be a determining factor in college admissions. She anticipates an increase in lawsuits against companies regarding their DEI programs and ESG measures. Lucas expressed her concerns following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":1961918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1961917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1961917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1961917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1961917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}