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> Right, because when shadowy groups get unimaginable leverage and power the first thing they do is apply affirmative action pressure to address gender imbalanc
by gammateam 8y ago
> Right, because when shadowy groups get unimaginable leverage and power the first thing they do is apply affirmative action pressure to address gender imbalances.
Yes, that is exactly what happened, dasil003
https://newsroom.statestreet.com/press-release/corporate/state-street-global-advisors-reports-fearless-girls-impact-more-300-companie https://newsroom.statestreet.com/press-release/corporate/sta...
State Street has 2.7 Trillion AUM
- whatok 8y agoState Street also used that as a marketing stunt to launch an ETF while they were being sued for sexual harassment and pay discrepancies between male and female employees. Marketing is marketing is marketing.
- gammateam 8y agoyes, and also 300 companies added female directors nothing exists in a vacuum
- whatok 8y agoNothing exists in a vacuum just like solely attributing companies adding female directors to a marketing stunt. There was large momentum on this front already that would have happened with or without this.
- gammateam 8y agoThe point is that this is a positive use of centralized private ownership The only real rebuttal would therefore be negative uses of centralized private ownership
- dasil003 8y agoI never meant to imply positive things couldn’t happen, just that it’s silly to assume one very specific positive thing is the most likely thing to happen.