Google has abandoned its target for hiring more workers from minority groups and will review its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. This decision follows a trend of scaling back DEI initiatives in the US after the recent inauguration of President Trump. The move sparked concern from diversity advocates like Mamobo Ogoro, CEO of Irish intercultural consultancy GORM, who fears similar policies may be implemented in Ireland.
This morning Google announced it has scrapped its goal to hire more workers from minority groups and will be reviewing its policies on diversity, equity and inclusion . The move by the American multinational is part of a larger row back against DEI initiatives in the US following Trump’s inauguration last month.
DEI schemes are sets of measures designed to make people of all backgrounds – regardless of ethnicity, class, sexuality and gender – feel supported and included in the workplace. “My fear is that it may come into Ireland soon, but I have all the hopes in the world that this country is progressive,” says Mamobo Ogoro, CEO of GORM, an Irish-based intercultural consultancy and award-winning social enterprise.Marty Morrissey: ‘I’m an only child of an only-child dad and an only-child mum. I’ve no aunts, uncles or first cousins’‘We didn’t want it to be bright or stand out’: How one couple built a bungalow in a Kerry front garden Through her work with GORM, Ogoro, a Nigerian-Irish social psychologist, fights to keep diversity and inclusion at the forefront of people’s minds. The enterprise helps organisations in Ireland and around the world develop intercultural leaders and to elevate diverse voices. “I am on a personal mission to unify the world,” she tells The Irish Times Women’s Podcast. Ogoro who recently became the first Irish recipient of the Echoing Green Fellowship, says overall she’s “not too worried”, about Irish attitudes towards diversity and inclusion. “The majority of people in Ireland, my heart believes that they know that everybody’s worthy of dignity, honour and respect regardless… but I’m really scared for a lot of people in the US right now”. In this episode, Ogoro talks to Róisín Ingle about growing GORM from an idea into a movement, how she works to bridge the gap between diversity and inclusion and how she’s championing minority voices on her Newstalk Show Younified.Irishman questioned by police in Hungary over death of former wifeAnna Foster makes strong start to Ladies European Tour career in MoroccoWhen Ronan was 10, I said, ‘I need to have the chat with you about sex.’ And he said, ‘What are you wanting to know, Rosser?’MOST READShock and upset at death of couple in Kerry expressed by former colleagues of ‘brilliant, bright’ Hazel ByrneRestaurant review: This neighbourhood Indian spot has the potential to become a foodie destinationTrump’s Gaza plan: Israeli comments on Ireland ‘provocative’ and a ‘distraction’, says GovernmentAnna Foster makes strong start to Ladies European Tour career in MoroccoThe Irish Times view on the price of a stamp: care needed to avoid killing off the letter
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