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It would seem that governments mandating equality works, and that basic equality isn't the end of society or successful corporate-hood as we know it.

Who would've thunk.

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"Gender quotas at board level in Europe have done little to boost corporate performance or to help women lower down"

Isn't the article saying that they didn't work?

I think the article is saying that the results are inconclusive. They have had little effect in either direction, so now that they are the status quo, there's no reason not to keep them. Arguments of excessive regulatory overhead may or may not be compelling, but they have an uphill battle to fight.

keeping stuff that doesn't show results but feels good seems an awfully dumb thing to do. instead they need to determine why it does not do what they expected. The reason I take this view is that too many will accept a state "we feel good about it" and never work to solve the actual problem.

Its the #hashtag way of life, the lazy.

I would interpret the very same sentence as equality is up, yet nothing bad has happened.

I don't think corporate board equality was ever though of as a panacea.

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