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Germany to Legislate 30 Percent Quota for Women on Company Boards (dw.de)
9 points by ytNumbers on Nov 26, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Should they have smaller quota for smaller boards? If the change of selecting woman or man would be totally equal, 11-18% of company boards with 5-8 members would fail this criteria.

Where is the line between discrimination and unconscious prejudice and should we treat them differently? For example, it seems that height is as important as race or gender as a determinant of wages and leadership roles.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/everyday_economics/2002/0...

http://gladwell.com/blink/why-do-we-love-tall-men/

>In the U.S. population, about 14.5 percent of all men are six feet or over. Among CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, that number is 58 percent.




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