Klarinet Archive - Posting 000281.txt from 1998/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re:women not allowed
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:19:25 -0500

At 02:04 PM 1/5/98 -0600, Victor Freyer wrote:
>A hiring manager's responsibility is to make a selection that
>provides the best financial benefit for an organization.
>
>In the case under discussion where an organization has a policy of
>sexual discrimination, it is a matter of weighing minimal consumer
>resistance and the unavailability of public funding (in the US and EEO)
>against lost productivity because of dissatisfaction/morale issues.
>(Lost productivity in the context of an orchestra might result in
>reduced stature with long term effects on recording revenue and
>audience attendance.) There are certainly other issues of which I'm
>not aware because I don't manage an orchestra.
>
>In any case, it would not an easy decision.
>
>In a successful organization the decision about whom to hire is a
>financial consideration - not a moral one. It isn't always fair,
>but it is never arbitrary.
>

And a 13-year legal battle (Abbie Conant) is considered cost-effective?

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