The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that Apple shareholders rebuffed an attempt to pressure the company into joining U.S. President Donald Trump's push to scrub corporate programs designed to diversify its work force. An Associated Press dispatch to The Globe says the proposal drafted by the National Center for Public Policy Research -- a self-described conservative think tank -- urged Apple to follow a litany of high-profile companies that have retreated from diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives currently in the Trump administration's crosshairs. After a brief presentation about the anti-DEI proposal, Apple announced shareholders had rejected it without disclosing the vote tally. The outcome vindicated Apple management's decision to stand behind its diversity commitment even though Mr. Trump asked the U.S. Department of Justice to look into whether these types of programs have discriminated against some employees whose race or gender are not aligned with the initiative's goals. Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook has maintained a cordial relationship with Mr. Trump since his first term in office, an alliance that so far has helped the company skirt tariffs on its iPhones made in China.