If 2023 heralded the death of ESG, 2024 is set to do the same for DEI.
That is one conclusion of the saga that unfolded at Harvard involving activist investor Bill Ackman and then-Harvard president Claudine Gay. Many are citing it as one example of how anti-DEI crusaders have gotten the upper hand in corporate, political, and academic circles. DEI offices and professionals are increasingly paying the price—but they shouldn't let it happen.
