DEI in corporate managements is driven by HR departments and legal. They get positions on the board of directors and influence management and the entire corporate structure.
DEI does not exist in accounting any more than it does in engineering.
As to people holding MBA degrees. Those people may have undergraduate degrees in accounting, engineering, or something else and such a degree is not a determining factor in DEI.
“DEI in corporate managements is driven by HR departments and legal. ...
“DEI does not exist in accounting any more than it does in engineering.”
DEI does exist in accounting and engineering due to the dictates of the HR Departments.
Hubby has a Masters in Engineering, and a PhD in Physics. He retired early due to the influx of Political Correctness. (Pre the terms, “woke”, “DEI”, etc.) The company had hired an incompetent black chick to run one of the labs and she destroyed it. Instead of having to deal with the legal chaos of firing her ass and hiring a competent person, they CLOSED THE LAB.