In the cancel-culture wars over freedom of speech in the U.S. workplace, a truce is taking shape at some employers.
At least four public companies including Mastercard, Regions Financial and Entergy have tweaked their codes of conduct to give employees more space to express themselves such as on social media, according to executives, investors and disclosures seen by Reuters.
The companies made the changes at the request of a Christian investment firm that says it wants to protect employees' religious and viewpoint expression such as posting Bible verses or questioning corporate diversity initiatives.
Some First Amendment advocates say the new approach also signals a welcome neutral stance from company leaders and human resources managers in an era when executives wield great power over their workers.
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