(adapted from Sen 1987 “Gender and Comparative Conflicts”): •…

(adapted from Sen 1987 “Gender and Comparative Conflicts”): •…

(adapted from Sen 1987 “Gender and Comparative Conflicts”):

 

• Take two job applicants – Jane and Robert – who are applying for two positions

• (1) Supervisor

• (2) Secretary

• Jane is more qualified for the supervisor position than Robert

• However, Jane is also more qualified for the secretary role than Robert and, were Robert to be hired as secretary, he would not perform well because, being a chauvinist, will have difficulty tolerating Jane as a supervisor

Questions:

1- Use your knowledge gleaned from reading the first four chapters of The Shareholder Value Myth to explain what, if anything, a company is obligated to do in this situation. What do you think the best thing to do in this situation is and please provide justification for your reasoning?