Affirmative action required?

[sp1814]

Time for quotas?

So often, we're told that appointments to senior management positions should be based purely on ability.

Seeing as how men, who are overwhelmingly the holders of power in the top FTSE 350, and these men (together with their American counterparts ) have overseen the greatest financial melt down in living memory - is there an argument to set quotas for women, removing the glass ceiling.

A recent McKinsey report found that businesses with large numbers of women in their boards outperformed their rivals, achieving 42 per cent more sales and 53 per cent higher return on equity.

So how can we get men to start sharing the power? They're not going to do it voluntarily, are the?

http://www.independen...-justice-2226647.html

[anotheoldgit]

We once had a woman holding the top position in the country, and some of you are still moaning about the fact.

[whiskeryron]

Yes aog & I'm one of 'em that woman ruined this country, I repeat what I have said so many times, we made steel, we built ships,we had coalmines we had associated engineering companies that went to the wall. I can remember when this country was called GREAT Britain, what do we have now in this third world country ? I swear some people are so blinkered they should be pulling milk & coal wagons (if we had any).

[TheTruthHere]

Well said whiskeryron

[anotheoldgit]

Yes, but I just quoted Margaret Thatcher as an example against sp1814's suggestion of getting high flying men to start sharing power with women, not for an excuse for another Thatcher rant.

[Old_Geezer]

It's so convenient when failing to be as successful as one wishes to blame something and ask for special advantages. Quotas can only be discriminatory. As long as one is making sufficient efforts to ensure everyone is treated fairly then no group should be suggesting they should be treated more advantageously than the rest of society. It is inequitable and morally wrong,

[Davethedog]

Which boards, what companies based on what? I gurantee none of them are selling more than British Gas or BP.

The sooner that people are seen as people rather than gender the better it will be. A person who is good at the job should be promoted whatever. However no matter what gender to many good people are held back by petty jealousies and politics. The "peter principle" still holds sway.

[youngmafbog]

Well I'm sure teh EU will have something to say about forcing something because of gender.

It is nonsence of course. If you do this you will end up with people who are not capable.

Due to the way things were and alos the fact many women still choose not to have a career (yes outside Islington this does happen) the numbers who have the experience are not equal.

I suspect that as the newer generations of women who do choose career over homelife come up then we will see a natural increase. Problem is will these women actually think any different. I suspect not.