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Deloitte US has asked employees to work in government contracts that eliminate gender pronouns from their email firms and abandoned their broader diversity and inclusion programs, in the last sign of companies that change their policies after the choice of Donald Trump.
The Big Four firm that works for the United States government last week were asked to eliminate the pronouns that indicate their genus of the emails sent externally, according to people familiar with the details.
In an email to the staff of government practice and public services of approximately 15,000 people from the company, employees were asked to make the changes “to align with the emerging practices and requirements of the government client.”
A separate email sent on Monday and seen by the Financial Times said that Deloitte Us also “put in the sun” its diversity objectives, an annual report of diversity, equity and inclusion, and the “programming” of DEI of the company.
Deloitte US is the last firm to update policies that touch politically sensitive issues after Accenture I discarded its global diversity goals And specific demography career programs last week, also citing a “evaluation” of the new political landscape of the United States.
In one of his first acts to return to the White House last month, Trump ordered federal agencies to purge all references to the “gender ideology” of his communications.
The instruction was part of an executive order aimed at “restoring the biological truth to the federal government” that declared that it would be a policy of the United States government to recognize only two sexes in all official documents and messages.
Although the order did not order private companies to take specific measures, it demanded that government agencies ensure that “federal funds are not used to promote gender ideology” and that agencies must take into account the “preferences of The benefits “when holding contracts.
The change would require a review of federal contracts to ensure that “they were not given in a way to promote gender ideology,” said an incoming White House official to journalists at that time.
In the email last week to your US government consultants. Deloitte It provided a new signature template for employees to be established before February 7, according to people who received the message.
In a separate email this week, Deloitte US said it would eliminate its Dei programs after “a detailed review of all relevant government directives to ensure that we meet.”
The accounting and consulting firm had previously established a variety of ODI objectives that aimed to meet by 2025, including the expenditure of $ 200 million with “blacks led by blacks” and increasing the gender balance and ethnic diversity of its partners , directors and managing directors of the United States.
The firm will continue to manage some initiatives, including the events of the month of heritage, internal ethnic networks and “inclusion tips”, added the email, and would continue to improve hiring practices so that they are “fair and non -discriminatory.”
“Everyone is welcome in Deloitte,” said the message, asking the staff to “take care of each other.”
Deloitte US confirmed that the orientation on email signatures had been granted to staff in their government practice and public services, but refused to comment on the objectives ofi.
“As contractor of the United States government, we have a long -standing compliance history of the new government requirements,” he added.
The White House and the Office of Management and Budget, which supervises the expense of government agencies, did not respond to comments requests.