More Black Directors Needed

[mushroom25]

so says labour's rising star.....
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/chuka-umunna-more-company-directors-should-be-from-black-or-minority-ethnic-background-10189540.html?origin=internalSearch

all very laudable, but companies are in business to make money, not to fill diversity quotas. so their CEOs will always be the very best the companies can afford, and not one who'll make the company look good politically. just wondering how labour can expect to make this work?

[woofgang]

oh I thought you meant in film and TV......

[Orderlimit]

"just wondering how labour can expect to make this work? "

Probably by using draconian laws and persecution of certain groups / companies, the same way the National Socialist Germans Workers Party did things.

:)

[whirlyhurly]

This idea is just "beyond the pale".

[bazwillrun]

He would wouldnt he !

[douglas9401]

Chuka Umunna, crazy name, crazy guy.

[naomi24]

If Labour squeak through I do hope this sort of interference is not a sign of things to come. I don’t imagine that shareholders will be too delighted to find that the return on their investment is going to be influenced by potty political correctness. Labour doesn’t understand business. That’s why they’re not very good at balancing the books.

[hc4361]

I agree. It's about time Harrod's had an ethnic minority boss.

[askyourgran]

The quotas have to be filled mushroom, it's the same with minority/ethnic or disabled people and actors finding work in TV and the workplace. Without meaning to condescend companies have to offer places for them. In the workplace naturally you will find most very good intelligent workers, there have also been some really bad ones too. Some who didn't know how to address an envelope or write an internal memo or speak passable English. Pull up the bad ones and they will cite the 'ism', that is when the difficulties arise.

[mushroom25]

but AYG, CEOs are "the cream" and statistics are rather against minority candidates when the labour party are looking to a quota of 25% ethnic directors. at the last census, 87% of the population said they were white British. of the remaining 13% how many are likely to be of the sort of calibre as the CEO of Credit Suisse (so far the only black UK director of a leading company)?

their last target of 25% women directors was a bit more realistic, since 50% (ish) of the population are female, and indeed business has got close to that target with 22%. but 25% ethnic directors? without positive discrimination bing imposed, it's hard to see how it can be achieved.

oh and mohamed al-fayed doesn't count - he owns the place and didn't have to prove he was CEO material.

[EDDIE51]

How many directors went to a private school rather than a state school. I think that is more the question than what colour their skin is.
Not sure of the exact % but at least 95% of people attended state schools so by the same logic 95% of directors should be ex state school. As should 95% of MPs and ministers. Is that the case ??

[Svejk]

92% of us are thick as two short planks. What about us?

[Booldawg]

positive discrimination doesn't work. you've only got to look at the South African government and its 'job for the (ANC) boys' to see that. You end up with a Health Minister who thinks AIDS can be cured by having a hot shower.

[dave50]

Once you embark on positive discrimination to fill quotas then there will always be the suspicion that someone has got the job because of their colour/gender/sexual orientation rather than their abilities. Which causes resentment and disrespect among colleagues. That's why it never works and is a bad idea.

[Old_Geezer]

Can't some of the existing ones simply black up ?

[Old_Geezer]

PS The is no such thing as "positive discrimination". If you discriminate unfairly against someone to give another an advantage, that is simply discrimination. Nothing positive about it. Morally aware folk are against that sort of thing.

[anotheoldgit]

It's not a matter of filling diversity quotas, else everyone who isn't white British would be included, Eastern Europeans, Chinese, Japanese etc, etc.

No it is simply a 'Black' issue, why are they so hung up about the colour of their skin, I wonder if there is a cry in mainly black countries for more white's to be included in various positions?

[hc4361]

In a lot of countries where white people are the ethnic minority white people have a lot of power and most of the money.

I couldn't care less what the colour of a person's skin is, nor the sex, race, religion or sexual orientation as long as he or she is the best person for the job.

[youngmafbog]

Unfortunately it would seem that labour dont agree with you.

Right-on politics takes precedence.


Bring on the next slump.

[bazwillrun]

"why are they so hung up about the colour of their skin, "

its the usual chip on the shoulder..and they want everything handed to them on a plate......