[JoJo Gunn]

http://www.diversityinc.com/

[yooper]

"Though executives at the companies would not discuss it openly, several conceded privately that they were also motivated by the desire to polish their corporate image and to head off future lawsuits."

Wonder what these boneheads would say if it was their own deserving kids who were denied entry because of their skin color. What kind of company would want an executive who didn't want the best and brightest recruits? I would seriously have trouble buying the stock of a company with this kind of attitude....

[SerfsUp]

As corporations become larger, they place more emphasis on aligning themselves with the dominant political forces in the society in which they function.

Corporations must do this because the government has engineered a legal and cultural framework in which large companies must support government policies, or risk civil or criminal punishment.

The result is that the corporation ceases to be an independent entity. By having such a strong influence over decisions the corporation makes, the government -- in essence -- partially nationalizes it.

[TXBubba]

Procter & Gamble, which signed that brief, "has historically relied upon nearby universities of superior academic training, such as the University of Michigan, as a key source of new employees," according to a statement.

So they aren't getting the "superior" academic trained employees if the student ONLY gets in due to the color of their skin OR they don't think minorities can get in on their own merit and are therefore racial bigots.

[chachacha]

A loss by Michigan would "have a very detrimental effect on companies and others trying to have a diverse work force," said Randall E. Mehrberg, general counsel at Exelon, a large energy company based in Chicago. "That is what is first and foremost on my radar screen."

TRANSLATION

Corporations will have to pay less to Dumb & Dumber graduates.

[BenR2]

Duh. And some companies are run by execs who went to such "enlightened" schools as Michigan, Harvard, etc.

[ijcr]

How many ex-cons do they hire?

How many marijuana smokers?

How many smokers?

How many peadophiles?

How many non diploma folks are in executive positions?

Diversity...its a wonderful thing.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Gag, gag, gag, gag, gag.

Hey if these firms really believe in this promote diversity stuff... they ever hear of tutoring?