gender quotas - get over it…
12.18.2006 | Toothless Tiger
Last week the CEO (Jørgen Mads Clausen) of one of the biggest companies (Danfoss) in Denmark was quoted that ” gender quotas in boards of directors makes less qualified ladies take the place of more qualified men”..
my first thought was ” what a neandertal way of thinking”….
I am wondering if they are taking the place of more qualified people or women for that sake ?…
I mean more qualified men ? this is a top executive stating this… I don’t want to get into the whole feminism/equal right for both genders discussion, because I am way past that ! - I believe that even though there are two genders, there’s a lot of qualified individuals around…
of course, a board of directors shouldn’t be forced to take a less qualified person to the board because of the gender, it should be the best (wo)man for the job.
I am a firm believer that in the future, we will see more female leaders in colorful clothes leading the most succesful businesses..
I say more individualism.. in every context.
and if there’s gender quotas in board of directions - then I am sure that the right women are chosen for the job, as well as the right men…
crossposted on toothless tiger
12.18.2006
He is sort of right.
Instead of forcing companies to have x % of women on the board, the companies should actually be motivated to “more fairly distribute” gender – or however you want to call it. Whether he’s motivated, no idea.