The company's latest step comes after the June filing of a shareholder proposal asking the company to evaluate how well it adheres to its public human rights statements
The company "committed to a review of any human rights impacts that its products have on communities of Black, Indigenous and People of Color in contracts for police, immigration enforcement and unspecified other government agencies." Microsoft has been under increasing pressure from shareholders and employees over the company's contracts with governments, the military and police agencies. 13, 2021, Bloomberg reported that Microsoft had agreed to a third-party human rights review of the company's contracts with governments and law enforcement agencies, according to correspondence viewed by the news organization. 13, 2021, Bloomberg said Microsoft had agreed to commission an independent human rights review of contracts with governments and law enforcement agencies.
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