Check out this article from USA TODAY:
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple and Amazon, two of technology’s most powerful companies, are refusing to release federal data on the diversity of their workforces.
Spokeswoman Kristin Huguet declined to comment on why Apple would not release the data.
Amazon spokesman Ty Rogers did not respond to requests for comment.
For years, technology companies fought sharing any demographic information about their employees, claiming the information was a trade secret.
Apple, Google, Microsoft and other companies blocked the release of the data from the U.S. Department of Labor to news organizations such as the San Jose Mercury News that had filed public records requests.
Only in recent months have the industry’s top companies opened up about the persistent lack of diversity in their ranks.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who urged companies to release the data, says the tech industry is entering a new era of transparency.
But some companies are being more transparent than others.
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