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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by quotas reason you

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get speeding tickets at the end of the month no we know cops you do that check [Officer gives speeding ticket to man in car]

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of the filing passage you're targeting me all right in a move to increase

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professional opportunities for women the European Union is discussing setting

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mandatory quotas for the inclusion of women on corporate boards some member

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countries have already passed gender quota logs across the EU only thirteen

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percent of board position are today held by women alright the word quota most

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nearly means what and here the potential answers are a qualification prime is [Answers appear]

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fixed number is verbal agreement alright the proverbial glass ceiling is real

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lean in people and a lot tougher to crack than an actual glass ceiling the [Woman touches fragile glass and glass shatters]

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EU is considering quotas to increase the hiring of women well their goal is to

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increase the low number of women on board so qualifications can't be the

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right answer the EU wants to increase employment not add more hoops to jump [People watching destruction derby]

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through same deal with requirements adding more mandatory requirements isn't

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going to increase professional opportunities to spin and narrow the

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candidate pool and while the EU may be quite adept at creating verbal [Man throws away contract]

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agreements adding mandatory agreements isn't gonna up employment will just

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increase red tape what you needs is a set standard for acceptable employment [Girl walks away covered in red tape]

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numbers on board a quota is a fixed number a set goal that must be achieved

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that means C is the correct answer now we've almost hit our quota correct

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answer and well only like a lot more to go [Man crying while using laptop]

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