Open AccessMan-Made:The damaging consequences of having so few women in positions of power
Author(s) -
John Edmonds,
Eva Tutchell
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european journal of workplace innovation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2387-4570
DOI - 10.46364/ejwi.v2i2.368
Subject(s) - legislation , power (physics) , economic justice , enforcement , wasting , political science , law and economics , business , economics , law , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , endocrinology
Very few women are inpositions of power in Britain. Men hold about 80% of powerful positions and this imbalance of power not only offends normal considerations of justice and equality but has damaging consequences for Britain's economic performance. Male dominated organisations tend to be highly centralised, wasting talent and stifling iniative and innovation. A progamme of fundeamental reform, including the enforcement of current legislation, the introduction of quotas in key areas and the provision of career breaks is proposed.