Apple's DEI Program: One of the U.S.'s Nine Worst?

On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” One of the subsections of that EO is titled “Encouraging the Private Sector to End Illegal DEI Discrimination and Preferences.” Among other things, that section directs “the Attorney General, within 120 days of this order, in consultation with the heads of relevant agencies” to “identify up to nine potential civil compliance investigations of publicly traded corporations.” Should Apple be one of those nine? To answer that question, let’s review some of Apple’s relevant disclosures.