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darleeeeeene aka deraaiilleeeeeeneStassa Edwards
2/10/16 12:20pm
the study found that companies with women in senior management positions were more profitable

Because the women were paid less?
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  hotsauceddarleeeeeene aka deraaiilleeeeeene
  2/10/16 12:26pm
  That and they didn’t keep the temperature in the office at the comfy men’s temp of 57 degrees.
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  mother puss bucketdarleeeeeene aka deraaiilleeeeeene
  2/10/16 12:27pm
  Slow clap. Slow, sad, reluctant clap.
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MissAndryStassa Edwards
2/10/16 12:33pm
This makes sense, since women tend to work both longer and harder than men.

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  KnightXCastleMissAndry
  2/10/16 12:46pm
  It’s not hard work and long hours that explain the success of diverse companies — and I have no doubt that the women who are able to make it to the top work harder and longer than the men on average. It’s the diversity itself that produces innovation and profits. Think different: the most successful companies in America do it, but people who all come from the same mold don’t think different as well as a diverse group.
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  MissAndryKnightXCastle
  2/10/16 1:20pm
  Why can't it be both?? In my experience, it is.
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NomNom83Stassa Edwards
2/10/16 12:23pm
Related: Not being a sexist fuckwit about your corner offices likely to dovetail with other business practices that are good for the bottom line.
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  darleeeeeene aka deraaiilleeeeeeneNomNom83
  2/10/16 12:25pm
  What? Like my company that has completely stagnated and is run by some of the most sexist racist people ive ever met?
  
  God I need a new job...
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  FeedTheDevilSoupdarleeeeeene aka deraaiilleeeeeene
  2/10/16 12:31pm
  You and me both. No one at my job has had a raise in years (not even cost of living), they’re getting rid of paid holidays left and right, and they’re about to offer the shittiest health insurance known to man as the only option because it technically qualifies as “affordable” premium-wise. *sigh*
  
  Coincidentally, the people who made these decisions were all men trying to make short-term profit by cutting costs.
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courtStassa Edwards
2/10/16 12:22pm
I’m sure family values Republicans will take this story deep into their black, poisonous hearts, and shit it out all over women everywhere.
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  GELLA - LLAPcourt
  2/10/16 12:30pm
  GOP: women can’t be in power, because there job is being pregnant, barefoot in a kitchen. They brains are underdeveloped.
  
  just watch this
  
  http://wgntv.com/2016/02/10/lar...
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  BlessedAreTheHedas. Our fight is not over.GELLA - LLAP
  2/10/16 12:44pm
  I love Larry and Robin, they make me laugh in the mornings. After I saw this segment I had to look up the story, and wow. But then there was jem in the last paragraph that takes boys will be boys far into adulthood.
  
  As written in the Italian newspaper II Tempo, “It’s a case that seems to have come from the 1950's and not from a country where equality between the sexes should be a given.”
  
  The woman’s trial begins October 12th and will be presided over by a female judge.
  
  Another shocking blow to women in Italy came this week when a Sicilian court ruled that a male boss was not guilty of sexual harassment for groping his female colleagues because he was being playful and was not seeking a sexual encounter, and that his actions were due to an immature sense of humor.
  
  An immature sense of humor. Yeah, way to go Italy.
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HarvestMoonStassa Edwards
2/10/16 12:27pm
Because women show up for work.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/pol...

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  lostmykeybutnotmyattitudeHarvestMoon
  2/10/16 1:13pm
  I didn’t know Willem Dafoe had a sex change.
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  TheVageniuslostmykeybutnotmyattitude
  2/10/16 2:26pm
  Mean. But also, duh
  
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Slay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)Stassa Edwards
2/10/16 12:35pm
Since the GOP are about profits above all else - will this make them change course, or their brains explode?
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  kinkakinkaSlay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)
  2/10/16 1:10pm
  Brains. Splattered.
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  FireKittySlay.douché - (dreams to be a puppy)
  2/10/16 3:26pm
  I’m sure they’ll dismiss the study for having a “liberal bias”
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FIGJAMStassa Edwards
2/10/16 1:23pm
“corporations with women in leadership roles have a higher profit margin”

So, I think we need more details. Could this be that there are more women in leadership roles at companies that CATER to women and those same companies are the ones that price gouge women? Thus resulting in higher profit margins?

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Looks like I might be off target, at least at the CEO level as I can’t find data below that:
- Mary T. Barra, General Motors Co. (GM)
- Heather Bresch, Mylan Inc.
- Ursula M. Burns, Xerox Corp.
- Debra A. Cafaro, Ventas Inc.
- Susan M. Cameron, Reynolds American Inc.
- Safra A. Catz, Oracle Corp. (co-CEO)
- Lynn J. Good, Duke Energy Corp.
- Marillyn A. Hewson, Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Lauralee E. Martin, HCP Inc.
- Gracia C. Martore, TEGNA
- Marissa Mayer, Yahoo Inc.
- Beth E. Mooney, KeyCorp
- Denise M. Morrison, Campbell Soup Co.
- Indra K. Nooyi, PepsiCo, Inc.
- Phebe N. Novakovic, General Dynamics Corp.
- Debra L. Reed, Sempra Energy Corp.
- Barbara Rentler, Ross Stores Inc.
- Virginia M. Rometty, International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.
- Irene B. Rosenfeld, Mondelez International Inc.
- Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
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  Cherith CutestoryFIGJAM
  2/10/16 1:34pm
  I agree with you about wanting to know more about this study and what the conclusions really mean. I linked elsewhere but studies linking diversity (not just women like this study) to profit have been pretty consistent and around for awhile. Correlation doesn’t mean causation and all of that but it’s been around for awhile. I remember the first law firm I worked at had a whole thing on their commitment to diversity because of all of these new studies showing it is profitable and that was eight years ago. (I am not sure those studies transfer to a legal setting. But my firm was all about thinking like a business and doing what the Wall St guys were doing. Like those businesses they didn’t actually do anything to increase diversity. But it’s been a thing over the last decade and not because they suddenly started caring.)
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UngreyMyHeartStassa Edwards
2/10/16 12:31pm
OK, no doubt that having more women at the top is the right thing to do (and a sign that they’re doing the right things elsewhere), but how exactly does that correlate to profitability? I don’t always expect doing the right thing to be profitable, you know? And profitability doesn’t necessarily mean anything about the business’s ethics or stances on women’s rights.
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  Cherith CutestoryUngreyMyHeart
  2/10/16 12:42pm
  Diversity is consistently correlated with higher profit. Having some different POVs will generally help a company not get stuck in one path or accidentally exclude sources of profit due to myopia.
  
  Like Mad Men. Peggy, as a woman and someone from a lower economic bracket with different experiences, had some insight the guys around her lacked, which added value. As did Dawn, Don’s secretary, although she was never allowed to do anything about it on the show. As did Sal.
  
  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/...
  http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organ...
  http://www.cnbc.com/2014/04/23/the...
  
  http://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigat...
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  ErgatesUngreyMyHeart
  2/10/16 1:39pm
  Two processes in play probably
  
  1) More diverse workplaces give a broader range of viewpoints and opinions, which leads to better solutions and efficiency. They’re also (in my experience) more pleasant working environments, which helps with morale and motivation.
  
  2) Companies that and staunch conservatives in one respect (i.e. dude-centric hiring) will probably be more conservative in respects - which might lead them to stick to old-fashioned and less efficient business practices. Though this doesn’t really correlate that strongly - if you look at the lack of diversity in some highly profitable sectors in, e.g., IT.
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ThirdAmendmentManStassa Edwards
2/10/16 12:30pm
That’s probably because they attract bears. And bears are great for productivity.
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  ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILDThirdAmendmentMan
  2/10/16 12:39pm
  
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JubenStassa Edwards
2/10/16 1:53pm
Probably should give twitter and Yahoo a call and tell them this because stocks and money reports for both are failing terribly. Wait they two of the most diverse tech companies?
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  NomNom83Juben
  2/10/16 4:21pm
  “[M]ost diverse tech companies” is a ridiculously low bar b/c that industry is overwhelmingly a sausage fest (scientific term) and it doesn’t specifically address leadership roles (let’s stay on topic, okay?). Both of your examples are predominantly male-lead:
  
  Twitter: https://blog.twitter.com/2014/building-...
  Yahoo: http://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/123472998...
  
  I’ll meet you in the middle: Women aren’t a magic cure for a company’s failings... just like they aren’t a problem in the first place.
  
  The study — which does not focus on the tech industry, BTW — speaks to correlation. It’s worth drilling down to see how the same attitudes (or lack of attitudes) that lead to diversity also contribute to higher profits. Maybe it’s open-mindedness, maybe it’s higher morale, maybe it’s less time worrying about egos and more time solving problems, maybe it’s just throwing in different perspectives (however they originate) — could be a lot of things.
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