January 1, Vaccine Manufacturer Hit with Federal Civil Rights Complaint

French vaccine manufacturer Sanofi has been hit with a federal civil rights complaint alleging racial and sex discrimination in its hiring practices. The complaint was filed by America First Legal, a non-profit organization that seeks to end discrimination in corporate America.

This complaint follows an exposé from James O’Keefe, who posted a video of Sanofi Senior Vice President Carole Huntsman outlining the company’s plans for “internal promotions and external hiring.”

DEI LEAK: Executives from Pharma company Sanofi caught on leaked zoom call discussing discriminatory hiring practices:

Carole Huntsman, Former Senior VP:

“One in five hires NEEDS to be a black employee for us to meet our goals” …

“One in ten HAS to be a Latinx employee.”… pic.twitter.com/BgHzHNDa4Q

— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) December 22, 2023

In the video, Huntsman explained that “one in five hires needs to be a black employee” and “one in ten has to be a Latinx employee” in order to meet the company’s goals.

America First Legal contends that “the evidence strongly suggests Sanofi’s management has created a culture of systemic racism.”

The organization also points to Sanofi’s “Diverse Slate Policy,” which required talent acquisition teams to find “a minimum of one person of color and one female in each slate presented to a hiring leader” as part of a plan to achieve “at least 50% diverse representation of 25% POC and 25% female representation.”

Sanofi has outlined its demographic goals for 2025, stating that it intends to have “women representing 40% of executives and 50% of senior leadership” across the globe. The company is also aiming for “37% people of color representation” in the United States.

Progress towards these goals has even affected the compensation of those employed by Sanofi. CEO Paul Hudson’s compensation in 2022 was influenced by the fact that the “number of women recruited to positions at level 5 and above” was “slightly below target.”

According to America First Legal, Sanofi has also applied racial and sex quotas to its supplier diversity program. The organization asserts that the company set a goal of reaching a “total diversity spend of 1.5 billion Euros by 2025.”

“Many in the business world have lost their minds. Instead of valuing individuals as individuals and selecting personnel for hiring and promotion based on merit, radical advocates have convinced otherwise intelligent people in corporate America that the only thing that matters is a person’s skin color or sex,” said America First Legal Vice President and General Counsel Gene Hamilton.

“Unsurprisingly, these race-based employment practices are illegal, and we are wholly committed to ensuring that they end everywhere that we find them.”

Why It Matters (op-ed)

Sanofi’s blatant discrimination in hiring practices is a prime example of the Left’s obsession with identity politics, prioritizing race and gender over merit. By imposing racial and sex quotas, they’re undermining the very foundation of a merit-based society.

America First Legal’s pursuit of justice against this corporate giant is a necessary step to combat the Left’s toxic influence on corporate America. It’s high time we put an end to race and gender-based discrimination and return to a system that values individual merit and capability.

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