Faculty Debate on Gender Quotas: Highlights

Moderator:
Shivaram Rajgopal, Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing, Vice Dean for Research

Speakers:
Wei Jiang, Arthur F. Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise and Vice Dean for Curriculum and Instruction
Bruce Kogut, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Professor of Leadership and Ethics

Professors Bruce Kogut and Wei Jiang debated the following motion: there should be no mandated quotas for women directors on corporate boards. Each faculty member presented their case, followed by an audience Q&A.

[rokleskovec]

Any quota is and will be perceived as unfair, you can not really change how people feel about it. Unfairness creates perfect environment for resentment, And wise quota advocates will be very surprised why quotas did not create nice loving environment. Ask woman who achieved some position without quotas, how do they feel about it. I bet they perceive quotas as unfair too.

[thesleeper]

The argument that "women will not be treated with equity if quota required females on board" pretty much admits sexism. I'm creating legislation to require 50% quota.