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What controversial policy did founder Dan Evins institute in the early 1990s?

  • Prohibition of hiring vegetarians

  • Prohibition of hiring non-Southerners

  • Prohibition of hiring individuals demonstrating non-heterosexual values

  • Prohibition of hiring individuals without a high school diploma

Answer

In the early 1990s, founder and CEO Dan Evins instituted a policy prohibiting the hiring of individuals whose "sexual preferences fail to demonstrate normal heterosexual values." This policy was later reversed due to public backlash and pressure from shareholders.
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