Editing Ernst & Young (section)

=== Sexist training program ===
In October 2019, ''[[HuffPost]]'' broke a story about a  New Jersey "Power-Presence-Purpose" training seminar purportedly to empower female employees, but which was, as characterized by ''HuffPost'', "full of out of touch advice".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peck |first1=Emily |title=Women At Ernst & Young Instructed On How To Dress, Act Nicely Around Men |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/women-ernst-young-how-to-dress-act-around-men_n_5da721eee4b002e33e78606a |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=HuffPost |date=21 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Women were told to concentrate on their appearance, not to show too much skin, and not to speak too much. One participant said it was basically a "women bashing" exercise. "You have to offer your thoughts in a benign way...You have to be the perfect [[Stepford wife]]... It felt like they were being turned into someone who is super-smiley, who never confronts anyone" she said.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/women-ernst-young-how-to-dress-act-around-men_n_5da721eee4b002e33e78606a|title=Women at Ernst & Young Instructed on How To Dress, Act Nicely Around Men|last=Peck|first=Emily|date=2019-10-21|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2019-10-22|language=en-AU}}</ref> In 2021, EY agreed to pay the state of New Jersey $100,000 and set up a $500,000 scholarship following its investigation of the program to resolve claims EY broke state law against discrimination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/06/ey-reaches-deal-with-state-over-sexist-training-video-for-female-employees.html |title=EY reaches deal with state over sexist training video for female employees |publisher=nj.com |date=2021-06-02 |accessdate=2022-06-29}}</ref>