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Are CEOs living up to the pledges they made after George Floyd s murder?
5 May, 2021 09:48 PM
6 minutes to read
George Floyd s murder last year forced a reckoning on race that extended to the boardroom. Photo / AP
George Floyd s murder last year forced a reckoning on race that extended to the boardroom. Photo / AP
Financial Times
Promises on diversity and racial justice have proved easier to make than to keep. The words systemic racism used not to be spoken on US companies earnings calls. The murder of George Floyd, a black man killed by a white police officer last May, abruptly changed that, putting the phrase into the mouths of the country s top executives and forcing them to consider their part in a system they were now denouncing.