Best Practice & Ethics
Women still suffer discrimination in US workplace
Gender bias is very much alive in the US workplace, with
men outnumbering women in senior posts by almost six to one, a survey by
TheLadders.com, the executive recruitment service,
has found.
When asked whether women have as many opportunities as men
to become chief executives, 66.3% of executives surveyed said “no”. Furthermore,
71.5% of respondents stated men and women are not paid the same for similar
positions.
This is despite 54.1% of those surveyed – of both sexes –
saying men and women are equally skilled at managing employees.
Sexual harassment also appears to enjoy a degree of
prevalence: 51.2% of respondents said they had experienced some form at first
hand, while 26% said they had not personally but knew of someone who had.
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TheLadders.com
May 2007
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