Posted on 03/15/2021 7:58:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Poor Coca-Cola. The company jumped on the woke train recently with a few moves that went public.
First, Coca-Cola was outed for sending their employees to training on how to be “less white.” It turned out that this was not internal training. Instead, LinkedIn provided it through a learning link and the company assigned it. The backlash to this disclosure caused LinkedIn to remove the training, but plenty of vendors are available to conduct it internally if that is Coke’s preference.
Coca-Cola also sent a notification to their legal firms to tell them that they would monitor their outside legal teams’ diversity. If a firm does not meet the standards for workforce diversity specified by Coca-Cola, it will receive a rate that is 30% lower. According to an interview with General Counsel Bradley Gayton, who sent the letter:
Coke said it will require quarterly reporting about the makeup of legal teams that do work for it and self identify as American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian, Black, women, Hispanic/Latinx, LGBTQ+, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander or persons with disabilities. For those working on new matters for Coke, “at least 30% of each of billed associate and partner time will be from diverse attorneys, and of such amounts at least half will be from Black attorneys.”
It said the percentages, which are roughly equal to those of the U.S. population overall, will be adjusted over time to eventually hit at least 50% of billed time coming from diverse attorneys, with half from Black attorneys.
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Firms that fail to meet the targets will be docked 30% of their fees, and those who continue to come up short may no longer be considered for Coke work.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
As it stands today, the lack of diversity in law firms may have more to do with self-selection than discrimination of any kind. In 2019, 34% of working attorneys were women, 4.6% were black, 2.9% were Asian, and 3.8% were Hispanic. These percentages are all much lower than the percentage of the population these groups make up.
Representation in law schools is not much better. In the same year, students at ABA-accredited law schools were 7.94% black, 12.7% Hispanic, and 6.36% Asian. A limited number of firms will be able to meet Coke’s metrics since minority lawyers may enter fields that are not corporate affiliated practices. Eventually, Coke may have more difficulty obtaining legal services as law firms struggle to meet their requirements.
Yet, neither of these woke moves kept Coca-Cola from being the subject of protests. On Saturday, #BoycottCoke was trending on Twitter. Some participants were suggesting boycotting all other brands that serve Coke products. The company’s sin was donating to politicians in Georgia who co-sponsored election security laws currently in the state legislature. This legislation aims to roll back temporary voting procedures approved during the pandemic and ensure there would not be outside funding of county election offices in the future.
Does the bully quit after the first time he shakes you down for lunch money?
If you are less of one thing, you have to be more of another.
What do they want people to be more of? Do they say?
If the law firms have to hire less qualified lawyers to meet the diversity requirements, Coke will get less than stellar legal advice.
Schadenfreude.
The left is never satisfied. What they need is a spanking. Patriot style.
“require quarterly reporting about the makeup of legal teams that do work for it and self identify as American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian, Black, women, Hispanic/Latinx, LGBTQ+, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander or persons with disabilities.”
What a bastardly bunch we are. Counting types of people.
Of course, the key here is “self-identify”.
In this already insane world, one can merely “self-ID” as a preferred group, and thus satisfy this pathetic self-conscious requirement.
Coke company has been doing to much coke.
Can’t resist: “Coke went Woke, hope they go broke”...
I have bought my last Coca-Cola product ever. Nobody calls me arrogant and apathetic and then gets my hard-earned money.
Same here. I really liked the Coke Zero® Cherry. Haven't been able to get it since the pandemic started because they stopped making all but the most popular flavors due to an aluminum shortage. Now, it does not matter when they make it. I'd as soon drink urine.
Is there anything now based on merit other than sports teams?
Our own personal friendships. May be one of the blessings of covid 19, to have fewer institutional acquaintances and more time for our own choices
Well that’s burned sugar with food coloring.
But I remember something from grade school: A teacher put something in a glass of Coke overnight and showed it to us the next day.
A 34% surcharge from the legal representation should make everyone happy.
Brian Stelter: "A spanking? Oooooh, sounds exciting."
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