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California Requires Women on Corp Boards by law.
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RE: California Requires Women on Corp Boards by law.
(October 9, 2018 at 7:01 pm)Dr H Wrote: It relates to Rob's point that there can be cases in which forcing a quota does more harm than good, if there aren't applicants available to meet a particular quota.

That doesn't seem to be a problem (in this case) in countries that have already implemented these requirements.

Furthermore, research has shown that corporate boards that include women correlate with better firm performance, and that "forcing" a corporate board gender quota seems to have no impact [harmful or otherwise] on firm performance.

https://piie.com/publications/wp/wp16-3.pdf

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(October 6, 2018 at 9:34 pm)Grandizer Wrote: There's no easy solution, I agree. But the system is flawed, and it's going to take aeons before this gets fixed in a natural manner (i.e., without a fight).
So, fight.

That's part of the fight.

Quote:Major social change comes about through social movements, not through working within the system that is already stacked against you.

It comes through both ways and through other ways.

Quote:Because the system will never get revamped in that way.  It's bailing a sinking ship with a leaky cup, when what is needed in a new ship.

It's not about just revamping any system. It's about fairness as well.

Quote:That said, there's nothing wrong with trying to use all available means to try to effect change.
It's just something of a waste of effort to use a less effective means, when more effective means are available.

What are these more effective means? Why are we not seeing them planned and implemented, and instead we have privileged men like us (I'm assuming you're a man ... if not, my apologies) telling women their inclusion in corporate boards is not necessarily the best idea because?

Quote:Passing a law rarely changes any attitudes or mindsets.
Look at Prohibition, or the Civil Rights Act.

Yes, I understand. In fact, I said as much in another recent thread.

At the same time, however, we can't continue to condone unfairness stemming from male privilege and yielding forever to "privilege and chauvinism speak". That's just continuing to enable sexist attitudes. It doesn't help mitigate the biases in any way whatsoever.
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RE: California Requires Women on Corp Boards by law. - by Grandizer - October 9, 2018 at 9:47 pm

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