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作者：卡尼什卡·辛格
华盛顿9月14日电（路透社）——信息技术咨询公司埃森哲将支付2500万美元，以和解美国政府针对其多元化举措的指控，这一指控是唐纳德·特朗普政府在其第二任期内针对的目标。
“埃森哲须向美国支付2500万美元，其中包括民事罚款和自2026年9月9日起按每年4%计算的和解金额利息，”周一公开的和解协议称。该协议由美国司法部与埃森哲签署。
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特朗普政府已针对从政府机构到大学的公共和私营机构的多元化、公平性与包容性（DEI）举措处以罚款，民权倡导者称这些举措有助于解决女性、LGBTQ+群体和少数族裔等边缘化群体的历史不平等问题。
白宫将DEI政策描述为反精英主义且歧视白人和男性。特朗普已签署行政命令，要求联邦承包商和分包商取消DEI项目。民权组织称此类举措是在倒退社会进步成果。
特朗普的行政命令发布后，许多美国公司缩减或修改了多元化政策。
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根据8月公开的协议，德勤同意支付2150万美元和解司法部针对其多元化举措的调查。根据4月披露的协议，IBM同意支付1700万美元和解类似的美国政府调查。
司法部指控埃森哲在招聘和晋升决策中考虑种族和性别因素，以实现人口统计目标。
埃森哲表示其遵守了相关法律，并表示和解协议不构成承认责任。
“我们配合了政府的审查，我们很高兴能解决这一事项，避免长期诉讼带来的成本和资源消耗，”埃森哲的一位发言人表示。
和解协议称埃森哲否认存在歧视行为。
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Accenture to pay $25 million to settle US government allegations over DEI
September 15, 2026 12:45 AM UTC Updated 2 hours ago / Reuters
By Kanishka Singh
The logo of Accenture is displayed on a building, on the first day of the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 15, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – IT consulting firm Accenture will pay $25 million to settle U.S. government allegations over diversity practices, which President Donald Trump’s administration has targeted in his second term in office.
“Accenture shall pay to the United States $25,000,000, inclusive of civil penalties and interest on the Settlement Amount at a rate of 4% per annum from September 9, 2026,” the settlement agreement made public on Monday said. It was signed by the U.S. Department of Justice and Accenture.
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The Trump administration has penalized public and private organizations, from government agencies to universities, over DEI practices that civil rights advocates say help address historic inequities for marginalized groups such as women, the LGBT community and ethnic minorities.
The White House casts DEI as anti-merit and discriminatory against white people and men. Trump has signed executive orders asking federal contractors and subcontractors to eliminate DEI. Civil rights groups say such steps roll back social progress.
Many U.S. companies scaled back or modified diversity policies after Trump’s orders.
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Deloitte agreed to pay $21.5 million to settle a DOJ probe over diversity practices, according to an agreement made public in August. IBM agreed to pay $17 million to settle a similar U.S. government probe, an agreement revealed in April.
The Justice Department had alleged Accenture took race and sex into consideration when it made hiring and promotion decisions to achieve demographic goals.
Accenture said it complied with applicable laws and that the resolution agreement did not constitute an admission of liability.
“We have cooperated with the government’s review, and we are pleased to put this matter behind us to avoid the costs and resource demands of prolonged litigation,” an Accenture spokesperson said.
The settlement agreement said Accenture denied engaging in discrimination.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman
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