Diversity quotas will only lead to token appointments, doing more harm than good
- Written by Akshaya Kamalnath, Lecturer (Corporate law), Auckland University of Technology
Global investment company Goldman Sachs recently announced it would only take startups public if they had at least one diverse board member.
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