Women on boards
By Althea Taylor-Salmon, posted 2nd January 2015
Yet again there is coverage in the media about boards falling short of hiring women and the debate about quotes and merit rumbles on. Merit is the best measure by which to recruit. In an ideal world, performance alone informs the decision. Quotas are disliked by almost everyone; no one values tokenism. No one should be excluded from boardroom positions or senior jobs, so long as they have the requisite qualifications, skills and experience. All of which begs the question of whether the business world is governed by merit? Has the legacy of several centuries of female repression been
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