Quota for Woman at Workplace

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Quota for Woman at Workplace
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Introduction:
Gender Quota:
In the recent times, it is observed that a number of organizations are introducing the
Gender Quotas in the workplace to ensure and practice equality in the workplace. The Gender
Representation on Corporate boards of directors refers to the ratio of Men and women
occupying positions at the board. In a recent study on the Gender Diversity, by the Fortune
studies, it is seen that the women, across the globe holds only about 21% positions in the
Board Seats of the corporate organizations (Meier & Lombardo, 2013). Therefore, it is
observed that there is a call for gender quota in the organization that will ensure the practice
of equality in the corporate bodies. California, has taken an approach to deal with the issue
and to increase the participation or inclusion of women in the board of directors. The
approach says that, by the end of 2021, every company must have at least two female
representation in the board of directors, along with the five members, the approach also states
that the companies which will be seen fail to comply with this practice will be faced with
significant fines (Lombardo & Meier, 2016). However, although the country has included the
approach, but it is yet to imply it. Such an approach is essentially needed to get included in
the system of all the corporate bodies of the countries across the globe.
Therefore, in the following essay, the need ad significance of inclusion of Women
quota in the corporate bodies will be reviewed and further arguments will be forwarded both
against the use of quotas and for the use of quotas.
Discussion:
The present scenario in the corporate sectors, have failed to support the women to
achieve their goals. A recent study by Fortune shows that the companies with more female
representation in the boardroom have outperformed those, in a lower quartile. The study has

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also projected that the women are better at investments than men. Therefore, to further the
analysis, in order to understand the arguments regarding the significance of quotas of women,
it is important to understand the concept and importance of gender quota and the types of
quota that are available for women.
Rationality to Employ Gender quota in the Workplace:
Essentially, the motto of implying gender quota in the workplace is, to proportion the
gender representation and gender diversity at the work place, and also to ensure the practice
of Equality Treatment in the workplace. Equality Treatment refers to providing equal
opportunities and expecting equal outcomes on the part of both male and female employees
of an organization and decrease the rate of direct or indirect discrimination at the workplace.
The equal opportunity refers to providing every employees the similar opportunities and
provisions, and the equal outcome refers to having an equal share in the outcome, which can
be either, in the profit or in the position (Prugi & True, 2014). According to The Conventions
of all Forms of Discrimination against Women states that providing equal opportunity or
keeping the provision for equal opportunities at the workplace, enables the organizations to
exercise human rights and fundamental freedom of human being, in the workplace, which
further serves as a sustainable approach practiced in the workplace (Iannotta, Gatti & Huse,
2016).
Effects of Practice of Gender Equality:
Many studies have been conducted to view the effects of gender diversity and equality
treatment in the organizations, and according to Post and Byron (2015), there is a difference
in the values and cognitive understanding of women, which influence the decision making
process at the workplace, which influences the performance of the firm, thus enabling the
firm to gain the stated achievements. Further according to Kakabadse, Griffiths & Quinones
(2016), headship owned by a female figure, or presence of female figure in the board of