Netflix, McCormick Uphold DEI to Investors After Trump Directive

Corporate America has been put on guard by President Trump’s call to ferret out diversity programs, but an early batch of annual reports shows companies aren’t all buckling yet.

Streaming platform Netflix Inc., spice maker McCormick & Co., and homebuilder Lennar Corp. are among businesses that underscored the need for diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in 10-K financial statements published in the wake of a Trump executive order asking federal agencies to flag corporate diversity programs for potential investigations and lawsuits.

Signs of the corporate schism over DEI, however, are also showing up in annual reports. Meta Platforms ...