Google employees to demand executive compensation is tied to diversity goals

A group of Google employees and shareholders are calling for the search giant to link executive compensation with its ability to meet diversity goals. They will present a proposal for that policy at Google parent company Alphabet's annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday. All this despite the fact that Alphabet has already voiced its opposition to the proposal, saying it's not in the best of the company or its shareholders. The move caps off several months of controversy at Google, largely surrounding the firm's decision to take part in a partnership with the Pentagon, where its TensorFlow software would be used in its AI drone program, called Project Maven. Ultimately, Google announced it wouldn't renew its contract with the Pentagon when it expires in 2019, after thousands of employees wrote an open letter urging it to do so, while others resigned over the firm's involvement.