A series of shareholder demands predicate to lawsuits, and now some lawsuits themselves are forcing some notably bad-actor corporations away from the unquestionably illegal policy of discriminating on the bases of race, sex and orientation in the name of equity. No doubt more such suits will be necessary – as well perhaps as some well-publicized firings – before the whole business world learns the basic legal lesson at issue. The question that will remain, however, is this: What have these companies been thinking?
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