[SauronOfMordor]

Now they seem to be running the show. I don't understand why management gave them so much power.

The current purpose of HR is to avoid having the company get hit with a discrimination lawsuit.

It's not HR, it's Congress and the courts. HR is just the people that senior management put there to try to ensure that the wolves eat them last.

[dfwgator]

Also a big factor is that the Left gets to decide what is “Controversial”, and if it’s one thing companies always want to avoid, it’s controversy.

[usurper]

The current purpose of HR is to avoid having the company get hit with a discrimination lawsuit.

That does not work. Anyone can file a lawsuit for anything. No one can show me any evidences of the lawsuits that were NOT filed because HR was doing such a good job.

I would speculate that these departments along with their toxic training encourages more suits not less.