I have read, with disappointment, several recent reports on the decline in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) investment and programmes. I have seen some reports being a few words short of describing it as a corporate fad while some are calling it the end of the “virtue economy”. 

This decline could be a function of systemic racism, misogyny, and homophobia and/or the characterisation of DEI as a nice-to-have for a company’s image, rather than a real necessity. In either case, there is a significant lack of conviction on the idea and this has to change.