Are gender quotas good for business?
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Are gender quotas good for business?
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Re: Are gender quotas good for business?
#2No. This is mathematical nonsense.
Let's say there's a fitness function for each candidate in a candidate pool.
If you filter candidates by any criteria, the expectation of fitness function will be less or equal to expectation before filtering.
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#3No-paywall link: http://archive.today/mTZp3
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#4I’ve always said to hire the people who can do what we need as a business, regardless of their gender
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#6No. This is mathematical nonsense. Let's say there's a fitness function for each candidate in a candidate pool. If you filter candidates by any criteria, the expectation of fitness function will be less or equal to expectation before filtering.
Humans are not numbers. If your workforce has a craptastic gender ratio you will hammer that in because potential new members of the minority will be less interested in joining the company.
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#7No. This is mathematical nonsense. Let's say there's a fitness function for each candidate in a candidate pool. If you filter candidates by any criteria, the expectation of fitness function will be less or equal to expectation before filtering.
But it help reduce needless lawsuit, which cost lots of time money and mindpower
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#8I’ve always said to hire the people who can do what we need as a business, regardless of their gender
Which is a noble sentiment but simply doesn't happen in the business world (or in many other places). So the hard question is, how do you effectively encourage business to choose the best people regardless of gender?
Some have tried blind interviews but these are very hard to do properly and effectively. A 40% quota is another way to push business into looking beyond gender.
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#10No. This is mathematical nonsense. Let's say there's a fitness function for each candidate in a candidate pool. If you filter candidates by any criteria, the expectation of fitness function will be less or equal to expectation before filtering.
What is the fitness function currently in use to select board members?