Getty ImagesAccenture and the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed to a $25 million settlement over alleged discriminatory employment practices this week.
The DOJ claimed that Accenture has violated the False Claims Act since 2017 by “taking race or sex into account when making hiring decisions” and when considering promotions, using aspirational workforce representation goals, according to the settlement. The DOJ also asserted that Accenture violated anti-discrimination rules by taking race and sex into account in decisions
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