Posted on 04/12/2026 4:45:39 AM PDT by Twotone
IBM has agreed to settle the US Department of Justice's accusations that the company violated civil rights laws with its DEI practices. According to a press release from the DOJ, IBM will pay more than $17 million to resolve allegations of taking "race, color, national origin, or sex" into account when making employment decisions. This settlement is the latest development in a longstanding effort from the Trump administration to end DEI programs, which was kick-started from an executive order in early 2025.
IBM denied any wrongdoing and said the settlement wasn't an admission of liability, while the US government said this conclusion wasn't a concession that its claims weren't well founded, according to the settlement agreement. According to the DOJ, IBM had violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with practices that included altering "interview criteria based on race or sex," developing "race and sex demographic goals for business units," using "a diversity modifier that tied bonus compensation to achieving demographic targets" and more.
An IBM spokesperson told Engadget in an email that the company "is pleased to have resolved this matter," adding that "our workforce strategy is driven by a single principle: having the right people with the right skills that our clients depend on.”
According to Todd Blanche, the agency's acting attorney general, this action is one of the first resolutions to come out of the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which was launched in May 2025. IBM isn't the only company to alter its policies, with both T-Mobile and Meta agreeing to put an end to its DEI initiatives last year.
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Because of the H1B visa system. If you do the math. Around 5 million white, Christian, heterosexual men are owed a million bucks.
…But if you DON’T have enough minorities on the payroll…
Well all the Job Stealing Devious Indian Managers now imbedded there wont be hiring
White American Males.
The Black HR staff are happy to assist them.
Does IBM have to fire people they hired based on race, or do they simply pay a fee like a sort of 1-way racism permit?
I was thinking IBM was probably forced into their DIE policies by the Biden Regime.
Now they are punished for them by the Trump Administration.
The overlook factor need always be applied in working(employing) people.
Capability matching to the task at hand is the key with a judicious amount of expectation tempering depending on circumstance if you know what I mean .
Then along came heir giverment with notions of grandeur sticking nose into their perceived right and wrong. The yield and it was!! results in the installation of HR departmental (run the show overalls and not a wearable type)
strangleationing, open the window wide where as common sense flew out the window.
Defund the fed nothing good ever comes from a dogooder.
the definition of DEI is a person who’s stupidity is protected by a movement that puts pressure on those in the work place that have to pick up the slack for this now protected arrogant piece of crap
The UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT was the absolute worst DEI/AA racism offender ... and was the instigator of the practice.
IBM is very lucky it was only 17M
They should have fired the CEO over this one as it could easily been billions.
Most likely yes.
They were forced by Biden to implement the “Jab or fired” for every employee even if you worked remotely.
“I was thinking IBM was probably forced into their DIE policies by the Biden Regime.”
It started way before that.
“They were forced by Biden to implement the “Jab or fired” for every employee even if you worked remotely.”
I worked for them and I never got the jab.
“I was thinking IBM was probably forced into their DIE policies by the Biden Regime.”
Almost certainly that was the case. What IBM, and literally every other country, needs to learn, although they won’t learn much for settlements like $17M, is that they need to SPEAK OUT when Democrats tell them to break the law - and POINT FINGERS at just how it’s being forced on them.
You were probably thinking wrong
ibm ceo is Arvind Krishna - (indian/american).
This indian takeover has been going on in tech for 10+ years.
They only hire more indians, and people they can control.
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