The ISO certification should tell there are standards that are in place; if they are just written on a piece of paper and never implemented ("nobody ever read")

The ISO certification should tell there are standards that are in place; if they are just written on a piece of paper and never implemented ("nobody ever read"), the certification is worthless. In US if you are a black female if you apply and you can read and write, you are automatically hired. If you are a white male, you will not be even interviewed and if you are already in the company you will never get a promotion. In my (IT) department the past 10 year history is 10 to 1 promotions for female versus male. Over 40% of the organization is female (it was over 90% male 10 years ago, there are still some men left from old times) and in management it is over 60% with the target of 70% female. Unrealistic for a pure IT company, but very achievable for a very political non-IT company.