These orders represent a deliberate attempt to undo progress on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and create new barriers to opportunity.

Target is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion program this year, the retailer said today, becoming the latest U.S. firm to step away from such policies in the face of severe scrutiny from conservative groups.

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Pinterest are just a few of the companies whose leaders say they will still emphasize diversity, as the new administration’s war on such policies ramps up.

U.S. companies that scale back workplace diversity efforts to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration may be exposing themselves to more discrimination lawsuits by workers, experts said. President Donald Trump this week issued a sweeping executive order directing federal agencies to terminate diversity,