Apple shareholders reject diversity plan to recruit minorities as company leaders

Tim Cook urged investors not to vote through plans to accelerate recruitment of minorities on its 18-person board – which currently has 15 white menApple shareholders have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would require the board of America’s largest company to adopt an “accelerated recruitment policy” for minorities among company leaders. The result offered a fresh reminder how Silicon Valley, a meritocracy dominated by white men, is having a tricky time navigating