Author: Stefan Padfield

Diversity DEI discrimination

Stefan Padfield: DEI Is the Problem

FEP Commentary /
"In light of recent research finding that 'DEI may escalate workplace hostility and racial bias,' [Paolo] Gaudiano’s claim that anti-DEI activists seek to foment anger and polarization appears to be pure projection," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield ...
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Costco

Stefan Padfield: Prediction: Costco’s Race-Focused DEI Programs Won’t See 2026

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While dozens of companies are abandoning their DEI goals under public pressure, big-box retailer Costco has announced its plans to simply dig its plus-sized heels deeper into the soil of racism. In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project ...
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Stefan Padfield: Five Falsehoods About the Anti-ESG Movement

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Are those of us who oppose ESG really what the leftists make us out to be -- homophobic, racist, anti-science, hateful and greedy?   In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Director Stefan Padfield corrects five misrepresentations about ...
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Stefan Padfield: Woke Inc. and ESG

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"In practice, you will find no light between the typical ESG platform and the governance wish list of Elizabeth Warren," Free Enterprise Project Director Stefan Padfield writes in a commentary syndicated through InsideSources. "ESG is, in practice, a Trojan horse ...
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Dick's Sporting Goods

Stefan Padfield: Enhanced Scrutiny and the Omnipresent Specter of Political Bias

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What can we do if corporate decision-makers have become so committed to -- or even blinded by -- their political tribalism and activist mindset that they are creating actionable conflicts of interest within their own companies? In a commentary posted ...
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Stefan Padfield: Larry Fink's Investor Letter Ignores Elephants In BlackRock's Room

Stefan Padfield: Larry Fink’s Investor Letter Ignores Elephants In BlackRock’s Room

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"The most noticeable thing about Larry Fink’s letter to his investors is the deafening silence on ESG and BlackRock’s associated self-inflicted wounds," Free Enterprise Project Deputy Director Stefan Padfield says in a response published at RealClearMarkets. Read Stefan's entire commentary below ...
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Stefan Padfield OAN SEC NCLA

Stefan Padfield: We Need to Stop the SEC From Tracking & Weaponizing Your Financial Data

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On the One America News Network, Free Enterprise Project (FEP) Deputy Director Stefan Padfield told host Stella Escobedo why FEP has joined with the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) to stop the latest (and arguably most dangerous) power grab by ...
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Stefan Padfield: Are We Witnessing the Retreat of Woke Capital?

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In a commentary published at Human Events, Free Enterprise Project Deputy Director Stefan Padfield says that "for all the talk of woke capital being in retreat, the reality is that corporations like Best Buy... appear to be still very much ...
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Stefan Padfield: Shareholders Must Protect Their Voting Rights to Protect Their Profits

Stefan Padfield: Shareholders Must Protect Their Voting Rights to Protect Their Profits

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Ever wonder what an individual like you can do to push back against the woke mob that threatens to take down Corporate America -- and your investments with it? In a commentary published at Newsmax, Free Enterprise Project (FEP) Deputy ...
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Microsoft

Stefan Padfield: Asked About Its $244 Million BLM Donation, Microsoft Told Its Investors to Pound Sand

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After Microsoft and hundreds of other corporations squandered billions of dollars on the altar of Black Lives Matter, and after Anheuser-Busch, Target, Disney and Dick's Sporting Goods decimated their bottom lines in order to satisfy the whims of their woke ...
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