As legal attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives rise, Faculty Affiliate Carliss Chatman provided insights on the decisions of companies like Costco in continuing their diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in article in Marketplace by Janet Nguyen.
Chatman is an associate professor a Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law specializing in the fields of corporate law, commercial law, race and entrepreneurship, and ethics.
The principle in American business law is we want people to use the corporate forum to be innovative, take risks, grow our economy and try to do things that will advance and make us the best in the world. You can’t do that if people are so stressed out and concerned about liability,” Chatman said.
Read the full article for the rest of her comments: Attacks against corporate DEI policies are legally weak — and companies like Costco know it
