Executive Order 11246 Case Study

In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order 11246. The intent of this order was to implement affirmative action programs - a set of specific procedures designed to ensure an equal distribution of jobs and salaries to women and minorities - to overcome the historical effects of discrimination against women and minorities. As of recent, governments across the world have started to implement “diversity quotas,” which legally require private businesses to hire and promote a predetermined number of women or ethnic minorities within their organizations. Norway was the first country to introduce a 40% quota for female directors of listed companies in 2006. Non-complying firms could theoretically be forcibly dissolved. Since then gender