[Ads-l] "DEI" Not in OED

Mark Mandel markamandel at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jan 30 21:26:24 UTC 2025


A very timely couple of findings.
Mark Mandel

On Thu, Jan 30, 2025, 3:58 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

> KPMG Canada press release, Apr. 5, 2011 (via ProQuest):
>
> Want to Work for a Company That Leads the Pack in Diversity?
> [...]
> In the past year, our Diversity, Equity & inclusion (DEI) team launched a
> retention strategy focused on women and a family-friendly workplace.
>
> Also archived here:
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20110816175534/http://www.kpmg.com/Ca/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Press-Releases/Pages/KPMG-only-company-named-among-Canadas-Best-Employers-for-New-Canadians.aspx
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 7:55 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > DEI (not in OED)
> >
> > [1999 Sydney Morning Herald 19 June Business 61 / 4 (Newspapers.com)
> > BankWest seeks to embrace a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.]
> >
> > 2013 Daily Kent Stater: Kent State University 5 Sept. (LexisNexis)  It is
> > the official launch of our Equity Action Plan and secondly, and just as
> > important, is to introduce our new staff and some of the great changes in
> > DEI this year.
> >
> >
>
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