SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management, a professional association of HR professionals and leaders whose aim is to advance the profession) has made a public announcement that the group will be dropping the “E” (for Equity) from the previously promoted acronym, “DE&I” (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion). DE&I seems to have emerged around 2016. Previously, the language used was “equal opportunity”, “diversity”, “equal pay”, “non-discrimination” and “affirmative action”. Most of these terms were found in laws and regulations that go back decades to the Civil Rights Act, subsequent executive orders, multiple employment-related laws and various court cases. All of these were part of a political and social trend of opening up the avenues of economic advancement to everyone based on capability, regardless of any non-job-related factor, like age, gender, ethnic status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc.
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