Thursday, November 12, 2015

Fight Club: Women CEO's

Pro
1.     Lack of equality in higher positions works against overall productivity of companies and economies.
2.     Disadvantages relative to men for women increase as the climb the ladder in companies
3.     Organic change will not be sufficient to fix the problem
4.     Women control around half of private wealth, so they have the ability to introduce useful perspective in how to convince people to invest that wealth in a given business
5.     Tensions will decrease when companies better reflect society at large and people adjust after the initial change.

Con
1.     Affirmative action only tends to help white women, and leaves other women out of the solution.
2.     People hired because they can fill a quota are not necessarily the best person for the job.
3.     Discrimination should not be the solution to discrimination. i.e you shouldn’t discriminate against the most qualified person because they aren’t a woman.
4.     Trying to get more women CEO only helps already well-off women, instead of the majority.

5.     Increases tension in the workplace, because it creates the feeling that women hired to fill a quota don’t deserve to be there.

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