PUSHING POLITICAL AGENDAS BY CORPORATE DIVERSITY OFFICERS

 

 

 

PUSHING POLITICAL AGENDAS BY CORPORATE DIVERSITY OFFICERS

By Domenick J. Maglio PhD. Traditional Realist

 

The Chief Diversity Officer, CDO, is an organizational executive level diversity and inclusion officer. With the advent of diversity officers two-thirds were on college campuses. The position was a direct outgrowth of Sensitivity Training and then the Affirmative Action movement. This concept of diversity officers in universities has found fertile ground in corporate America.

 

Its ultimate goal is to change the complexion of corporate America by dictating a percentage outcome of racial, gender and sexual orientation rather than by competency and merit. This is obviously antithetical to capitalism and compatible to Marxism. These corporate diversity CDOs are comprised of blacks, women and LGBT individuals. The job description is nebulous but centers around racial and sexual discrimination, harassment, social justice and equity. It is an expanding specialty in large international corporations.

 

The CEOs, Corporate Executive Officers, have to satisfy stockholders by providing them ever increasing stock value. Their shares are often bought by large hedge funds, pension funds or local, state and federal government pensions. It behooves large corporations to develop a positive reputation for being amendable to accepting new regulations and mandates affecting hiring, firing and social justice issues in the corporation. Any controversy or malicious rumors of transgressions against the uber left agenda can negatively impact the corporation’s future. If it is not promoting social justice, equity or any policy which is currently in vogue on the far left, it would possibly be dealt a death sentence by insufficient financial backing or an attack by the cancel culture.

 

The corporate head of Goya Foods, Robert Unanue’s, only indiscretion was meeting with President Trump and speaking favorably about him, led to a boycott. The cancel culture card was dropped on the table although he had previously made similar positive comments about President Obama. The effect of the boycott was reduced by people supporting Goya products. The shakedown of calling for boycotts was introduced and often used by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Gangster tactics have been effective in extorting “contributions “to enrich their political endeavors and themselves. We have to counter this political thuggery by buying the corporate products or services.

 

To protect themselves from capricious attacks many corporations have decided to do the opposite of fighting back. They have cowardly chosen to support all ultra-leftist agendas even before being asked to do so. To ingratiate themselves, before pressure was applied, Goodyear banned any dress code that had Blue Lives Matter, All Lives Matter, or Trump MAGA hats while permitting BLM, LGBT Pride, Racial Justice and Equity slogans. The CDOs position has significant power to influence CEOs to follow the diversity path instead of what is fair for all employees and consumers.

 

Corporations are being co-opted from the inside by coercion from radical leftist government officials putting pressure on large corporate hiring CDOs to better insure more affirmative action policies. Once political activists are inserted into corporations, we have corrupted the profit motive. If corporations are cozying up to the democrat party agenda it probably would be selected as a business that receives special government contracts and favors. We are going down the road where the Fascist governments control the corporations. 

 

In our form of government, the embedded political operatives: CDOs, should not be allowed to interfere with independent corporate policies. CDOs demand allegiance to their social change agenda by demanding CEOs agree to write action plans that give special privileges based on race, gender and LGBT status furthering the affirmative agenda. The action plan is then announced to the entire staff. There is no allowance for discussion. The CDO preaches the virtues of the directives and the employees are told how to feel and think about these changes. The CDO does not allow for feedback since many employees are white who the CDO says would find it impossible to understand.  

 

If employees do not comply, they are faced with the consequences of non-promotion or outright termination. These are political issues that often-run counter to the employee’s own personal interests and beliefs. This means the employee is not being judged on the merits of his performance but to the adherence to a radical agenda that would adversely affect their future. This is a corporate form of re-education to render the employees voiceless and useless. It is dehumanizing as most people in the organization are stripped of their dignity by being told what they believe and how they will act.

 

This new position, CDO, has to be re-examined as to its impact on corporate heads and individual employee protection of their political viewpoints. The disguised federal advocacy of the CDO has to be terminated by legislation or judicial action since it is unconstitutional. If not, our constitutional republic and capitalist economy will become a thing of the past.

 

 

Domenick Maglio, PhD. is a columnist carried by various newspapers, an author of several books and owner/director of Wider Horizons School, a college prep program. Dr. Maglio is an author of weekly newspaper articles, INVASION WITHIN  and a recent book entitled, IN CHARGE PARENTING In a PC World. You can see many of Dr. Maglio’s articles at www.drmaglioblogspot.com.