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據《商業內幕》2025年2月12日報道，德勤美國對其多樣性、公平與包容（DEI）政策進行了一系列調整，包括要求參與政府合同的員工從電子郵件簽名中刪除性別代詞。

德勤首席人力官Doug Beaudoin在週一發給員工的一封郵件中表示：“我們將逐步停止我們的員工隊伍和業務理想多元化目標、DEI透明度報告以及DEI相關項目。”

他寫道，這些變化是在“對所有相關政府指令進行詳細審查之後做出的，以確保我們作爲一傢俬營企業和政府承包商遵守這些指令要求”。這種審查與“市場上的其他企業”做法一致。

Doug Beaudoin在郵件中用加粗字體強調：“德勤歡迎每一個人。”

這封備忘錄發佈的一週前，德勤要求其服務於公共部門的政府與公共服務部門的員工從電子郵件簽名中刪除性別代詞。

《商業內幕》看到的2月5日的一份備忘錄中，該部門的員工被告知要更新他們的電子郵件簽名模板，“以符合最新的政府客戶做法和要求”。

這份指示稱：“請注意，模板僅限於姓名、職位信息和業務聯繫信息。不應包含任何其他個人信息，包括引語、標語或性別代詞。”

備忘錄稱，政府與公共服務部門的員工“長期致力於遵守美國政府的要求”。

關於電子郵件簽名的這份備忘錄最早由《金融時報》報道。

雖然DEI計劃的變化適用於德勤在美國的17.3萬名員工，但其英國業務仍“致力於”實現多元化目標，並將繼續每年報告其在包容性方面的進展。德勤英國公司的負責人告訴員工，該公司在英國仍“致力於”實現多元化目標。

這些評論出自德勤英國高級合夥人兼首席執行官Richard Houston週二發出的一份備忘錄。Richard Houston表示，他發送這份備忘錄是爲了回應媒體對德勤美國公司DEI調整的報道。

他寫道：“外部環境的事件不會改變我們打造包容性文化以及幫助我們所有員工充分發揮潛力的承諾。”

在談到德勤美國公司在DEI方面的調整時，Houston告訴英國員工，公司領導“已經明確表示，這反映了全面遵守聯邦法律的必要性”。

特朗普總統上任首日就簽署了一項行政命令，終止聯邦政府的多元化項目，並下令所有聯邦DEI工作人員休假，同時解散他們所在的部門。

上週，特朗普任命的司法部長Attorney General, Pam Bondi指示司法部“調查、消除並懲處”任何接受聯邦資金的私營企業和大學中“非法的”DEI項目。

德勤每年通過與包括國防部以及衛生與公衆服務部在內的聯邦機構簽訂的合同獲得32億美元收入。

德勤政府與公共服務部門的一名員工在匿名接受《商業內幕》採訪時表示，要求修改電子郵件簽名是爲了“將潛在風險暴露降至最低”以及“維護與白宮的良好關係”。

此前，德勤的一名員工被曝向《華盛頓郵報》泄露了現任副總統JD Vance 2020年高度批評特朗普的信息。

2024年9月，特朗普之子Donald Trump Jr在X平臺上公佈了被指控泄露信息的德勤高管的姓名。

這位總統之子還威脅稱：“德勤還獲得了20億美元政府合同。也許現在是共和黨終結德勤靠納稅人資金獲利的時候了？”詳見《員工泄露萬斯言論，“四大”某記30億美元政府大單受威脅？》

最近幾個月，包括Meta、沃爾瑪（Walmart）和塔吉特（Target）在內的越來越多的公司都取消了他們的DEI政策。

上週，同爲諮詢巨頭的埃森哲告訴員工，它正在修訂其DEI政策。這家諮詢公司採用了與德勤類似的措辭，在一份內部備忘錄中告訴員工，它正在“逐步停止”現有的目標和項目。

德勤沒有立即回覆《商業內幕》的置評請求。

原文如下：

• Deloitte US has made a series of changes to its DEI practices, according to internal memos seen by BI.

• The moves include telling staff working on government contracts to remove pronouns from email signatures.

• Deloitte's UK chief told staff that the firm remained "committed" to diversity goals in the UK.

Deloitte has told some staff to remove pronouns from their email signatures.

The move by the world's largest professional services firm comes amid a pullback on its diversity programs in the US that is not being followed by the UK division.

"We will sunset our workforce and business aspirational diversity goals, our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Transparency report, and our DEI programming," Doug Beaudoin, Deloitte's chief people officer, told employees in an email sent on Monday and seen by Business Insider.

He wrote that the changes followed "a detailed review of all pertinent government directives to ensure we comply with their requirements, both as a private enterprise and as a government contractor." That review was in line with "others in the marketplace."

"Everyone is welcome at Deloitte," Beaudoin emphasized in bold text in the email.

The memo comes a week after Deloitte asked workers in its Government & Public Services division, which serves the public sector, to remove pronouns from their email signatures.

In a February 5 memo seen by BI, staff in that division were told to update their email signature template "to align with emerging government client practices and requirements."

"Please note that the template is limited to name, role information, and business contact information. Any other personal information, including quotes, taglines or pronouns, should not be included," the directive said.

Government & Public Services workers have a "longstanding commitment to compliance with US government requirements," the memo said.

The memo about the email signatures was first reported by The Financial Times.

While the changes to DEI programs apply to Deloitte's 173,000 US employees, its UK operation remained "committed" to diversity goals and would continue to report annually on its progress on inclusion.

The comments were made in a memo sent on Tuesday by Richard Houston, senior partner and chief executive of Deloitte UK, and seen by BI. Houston said he was sending the memo in response to media coverage of the US DEI changes.

"Events in the external landscape do not change our commitment to building an inclusive culture and helping all our people to reach their full potential," he wrote.

Addressing Deloitte US's changes on DEI, Houston told the UK workforce that leaders had "been clear that this reflects the need to remain fully compliant with federal laws."

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end diversity programs across the federal government and ordered all federal DEI staffers to be placed on leave while their departments are disbanded.

Last week, Trump's Attorney General, Pam Bondi, instructed the Department of Justice to "investigate, eliminate, and penalize" any "illegal" DEI programs at private sector companies and universities that receive federal funds.

Deloitte receives $3.2 billion annually through its contracts with federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services.

A Deloitte employee in the GPS division, who did not want to be named as they were not permitted to speak to the media, told BI the email signature request was made to "minimize potential risk exposure" and "maintain goodwill" with the White House.

"Deloitte is taking the 'better to be safe, than sorry' approach here," the person said.

Deloitte has already clashed with the MAGA movement after one of its employees was revealed to have leaked messages sent by now-Vice President JD Vance in 2020 that were highly critical of Trump to The Washington Post.

In September 2024, Donald Trump Jr. posted the name of the Deloitte executive accused of leaking messages on X.

"Deloitte also gets $2B in govt contracts. Maybe it's time for the GOP to end Deloitte's taxpayer funded gravy train?" the president's son said.

The Big Four firm joins a growing list of companies, including Meta, Walmart, and Target, that have rolled back their DEI policies in recent months.

Last week, fellow consulting giant Accenture told staff it was revising its DEI policies. The consultancy chose similar phrasing to Deloitte, telling staff in an internal memo that it was "sunsetting" existing goals and programs.

Deloitte did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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