I found this at http://247wallst.com/2010/03/01/the-10-worst-companies-for-women-to-work/
Women make up over 50% of the US workforce now, but the Bureau of the Census shows that women make, on average, only 77% of what men do based on measurements of annual salaries.
24/7 Wall St. looked at research about the Fortune 500 to find the worst places for women to work. The data used is from Catalyst, a non-profit organization which works to promote the status of women in business. Our analysis compared the Fortune 500 women who are executive officers as defined by the SEC to data on the number of female members of boards of directors at the same universe of companies. This is the first time these two lists have been cross-referenced for a public analysis.
The companies on the 24/7 Wall St. Worst Places for Women to Work list have no women on their boards and no women in senior management. Any company on the list would have to: 1) completely lack sensitivity to the issues of women in the work place, or 2) have enough misgivings about women to insure that all the people who have any meaningful place in running their companies have to be men. It is hard to say whether these companies are “female-free” at the top tiers because of misogyny or dull-wittedness. The practice of equal opportunity is missing at all of these companies.
Our analysis makes an assumption, but we believe it is a fair one. A company with no women on its board or in senior management is extremely unlikely to be concerned about the issue of disparity in pay by gender and is likely to perform worse than the national census average in terms of what it pays its non-executive female management and its women rank-and-file employees.
24/7 Wall St.’s 1o Worst Places For Women To Work:
1. Phillip Morris (PM) is one of the largest tobacco companies in the world and has nearly 75,000 employees. Women are often assigned to run human resources and corporate communications departments at companies where men dominate the management, and PM is no exception. The highest ranking corporate executive is Daniele Regorda, vice president of human resources. Phillip Morris claims that the company is “always striving to broaden the diversity of our workforce and are continuously working to identify, hire and retain the best qualified individuals, wherever they are located or whatever their background.” No wonder they call him the Marlboro Man. Nine board members, zero women.
2. Icahn Enterprises (IEP) is a diversified holding company with around 47,000 employees. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is the firm’s chairman. Women looking for executive positions at the company can contact Icahn Enterprises, 767 Fifth Avenue, 47th Floor, New York, NY, 10153. Icahn can afford a female board member.
3. Virgin Media (VMED) is in the mobile telephone and broadcast business, and has 13,380 employees. Virgin is based in the UK and is part of the Richard Branson collection of companies. Branson is a media star among global corporate chiefs. The firm has 11 directors, all of which are, you guessed it, men. The senior female member of the Virgin Media management is Elisa Nardi, Chief People Officer, or head of human resources.
4. Liberty Media (LINTA) has a $7.7 billion dollar market value. This part of cable and content king John Malone’s empire has about 19,000 employees and holds a number of satellite broadcast and content assets including assets in QVC, Starz, and Expedia. The company has nine directors including Malone. No women executives are listed at the corporation’s website.
5. L-3 (LLL) Holdings provides military technology and employs 66,000 people. It is the sixth largest defense company in the United States. L-3 as nine directors. There are no women in executive management but the head of employee benefits and general counsel are both women. It is almost impossible to understand why the federal government would sanction this.
6. EOG Resources (EOG) is an oil and natural gas company with 2,100 employees and a $23 billion market cap, which makes it one of the most valuable firms in its sector. The head of human resources and administration and the head of accounting are women.
7. Cameron International (CAM) provides equipment for the national gas and oil industries. The company has 17,000 employees, eight board members, no women in positions of major responsibility. Seven senior executives are listed in the proxy–all male. Also, all board members but one are over 60–a sort of reverse age discrimination.
8. National Oilwell Varco (NOV) is an oilfield services company which provides mechanical components for oil and gas drilling projects. About 40,000 employees. Eight directors, none of which are women.
9. Emcor (EME) is an electrical and mechanical construction and facilities services company with 28,000 employees. The only female corporate executive is the head of corporate communications, and she is not considered “senior management” as the SEC defines the term.
10. XTO Energy (XTO) has 3,100 employees and a market cap of $27 billion. The firm prides itself on its ability to find and import oil and natural gas. Apparently, they aren’t quite as concerned about scavenging for corporate gender diversity.
Honorable mention: Shaw Group (SHAW) is a diversified manufacturing company has nearly 28,000 employees. Its market cap at $3 billion is relative small. They have no female officers or directors either.
Douglas A. McIntyre
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
The great Harrison debate
So, my brother texts me earlier and starts this conversation. It turned into something quite beautiful if you ask me. Enjoy.
Ben: I saw on fox, a feminist talking about how stupid Sarah Palin and all of her fans and/or voters were. She said some horrible things about her and it made me wonder how a feminist can say these things about any women, especially Sarah Palin. What do you and your friends think about her and are most feminists thinking this way?
Jeannie: I’m on and off about Palin… I think that she has great potential to be a strong advocate for women, but she’s got a lot of work to do before she will gain the respect of feminists. Her views on abortion and abstinence-only sex education aren’t helping her. Because Palin is a woman, she will receive even more criticism from feminists because it seems like a betrayal. But I often wonder what it means to be a feminist. I mean, It’s all about women being about to fight for what they believe in. If I was addressing Palin, I wouldn’t label her with anything; I would just tell her to bring it.
Ben: Betrayal is an interesting word because we are talking about a woman who has succeeded in the “mans” game of politics and it even positioned to achieve the highest level with her beliefs and principles with her. It seems that these women who criticize her are saying she is not welcome in their club. She doesn’t fit into their ideals and refuses to concede so they are mad. They seem to say that a strong woman only believes the way they do. A strong person believes what they believe regardless of any criticism they get from and woman or man.
Jeannie: Yeah, and that is why I wonder what it really means to be a feminist. But if you look at it in terms of political ideology, she’s not welcome in the club.
Ben: I have heard the argument on abortion although I think it is ridiculous. Why is abstinence a problem? Abstinence is in some ways the ultimate control over one’s own body.
Jeannie: 70% of abstinence-only education programs provide false information. It’s a danger to women, and it doesn’t work. Comprehensive sex ed programs cover abstinence too, and are much more effective. Utah has an abstinence-only policy and you are more likely to get Chlamydia in Utah than the flu.
Ben: It’s not about cutting sex off completely though. Sexually transmitted diseases are more often than not spread by promiscuous, no boundary sexual behavior. Even if you are born with a STD it is most likely not because a parent had some genetic mutation, it is because of sexual immorality somewhere in that family’s history.
Jeannie: I wouldn’t say that it is about being immoral though, the most conservative state in the country has this problem. It’s about educating, you can get an STI the first time you have sex. Kids aren’t being taught prevention.
Ben: Exactly, the best prevention is controlling yourself, being responsible, and not living like you’re on the Real World. That is what is being taught. The problem is that no matter how much you protect yourself it takes two. No protection is 100%. But anyway Im putting my vote in now for Palin to be not only in the club but leading it.
Jeannie: Who is teaching self-control? You can’t prevent teenagers from having sex by scaring them with bogus information. We have to teach our children that they do not have to have sex to be worthy of love, or to be independent, or beautiful. And Sarah Palin is more likely to lead the Democratic party than any group of feminists, that is just how it is. And I don’t think it is a title she is really looking for anyway.
Ben: What kind of education did you think I was talking about? Have I scared anyone or given bogus info? STD’s are scary and no protection is failsafe. You need to know your partner well before you trust your life to them like that. I haven’t read the book or heard everything she has ever said but I have heard Palin say the same thing you did. I believe it was on Oprah of all places.
Jeannie: It sounded like you were supporting abstinence only though, which, by itself has been prven ineffective and I know Palin supports abstinence-only because I saw that Oprah show. Are you supporting abstinence only or not?
Ben: Depends on how you ask. If you’re referring to the President of the USA then yes, 100% abstinence only. There again is something the government shouldn’t be in control of. Sex Ed should be anatomical only and if the question comes up abstinent only. Responsibility, sexual or otherwise, is the job of the parents. They need to worry less about careers and social standing and more about being MOTHERS AND FATHERS FIRST. That should always be number 1. If they are not ready for that maybe THEY should be abstinent. There is no excuse, no matter what for not parenting a child you are responsible for, regardless of the situation. As far as what Palin should say about sex, abstinence as President, mother to her kids.
Jeannie: Why can’t a President support safe sex? Kids are going to hace sex no matter what, and policy doesn’t make good parents. It is the government’s responsibility to provide for its people and teaching our children prevention should be a part of that. And if that is how you feel you don’t agree with her either- she supports funding abstinence only programs, which completely contradicts what you just said.
Ben: Parenting is not a policy. It is what adults with children do. Even without children they should try to set an example. Sex is not a right it is a privilege with serious consequences. Anyone who says it it ok to have as much sex as you want as long as there is a rubber handy is wrong and is facilitating the problem. I wasn’t clear, health class taught the anatomy when I was in school, I’m ok with that. If the question about safe sex comes up in a public school, abstinence only. It makes more political sense than anything else, control liability. Besides, Palin is never asked about anything other than abstinence or not, the best thing for her to say is, in my opinion, what she is saying.
Jeannie: Like I said, policy isn’t going to make good parents, If Palin is seeking to make this social change, she should be in sociology, not public service. Parents are not talking to their kids and that is the problem. The true liability is teaching abstinence only because it has been prven over and over to be ineffective. The teen pregnancy rate skyrocketed during the Bush administration. But wait, whose business is it what anyone does with their body? The determination of right and wrong is not the action, it is the motivation behind it. What is wrong for you is not wrong for everyone.
Ben: Right and wrong is not up for debate. There are consequences in life, if any legislation is needed it is to punish more strictly. If a teenager gets pregnant the parents should be held to a higher standard than the teen. What you do with it is your responsibility, so are the consequences. Remember, I was in school under Clinton and I can tell you now that passing condoms in class makes nothing better. The problem with America, responsibility is never taught whether it be financial, sexual, or just telling the truth. If you can’t afford it, you work hard just borrow it then cry when the bank comes and takes it away, Make bad decisions and wait for the gov to come to the rescue. Isn’t that what they are for? Not me. Not now. Not ever.
Jeannie: Comprehensive Sex ed is not just handing out condoms though, and the Clinton years saw the best teen pregnancy rates in the last fifty years. But the question of self responsibility vs. governemtn aid is something that you and I are never going to agree upon. That is just a difference in political ideology. But if you want to tlak smaller government, I would argue that government should not be in a woman’s uterus.
I'm sure that there is more to come, but he probably went to bed. =)
Ben: I saw on fox, a feminist talking about how stupid Sarah Palin and all of her fans and/or voters were. She said some horrible things about her and it made me wonder how a feminist can say these things about any women, especially Sarah Palin. What do you and your friends think about her and are most feminists thinking this way?
Jeannie: I’m on and off about Palin… I think that she has great potential to be a strong advocate for women, but she’s got a lot of work to do before she will gain the respect of feminists. Her views on abortion and abstinence-only sex education aren’t helping her. Because Palin is a woman, she will receive even more criticism from feminists because it seems like a betrayal. But I often wonder what it means to be a feminist. I mean, It’s all about women being about to fight for what they believe in. If I was addressing Palin, I wouldn’t label her with anything; I would just tell her to bring it.
Ben: Betrayal is an interesting word because we are talking about a woman who has succeeded in the “mans” game of politics and it even positioned to achieve the highest level with her beliefs and principles with her. It seems that these women who criticize her are saying she is not welcome in their club. She doesn’t fit into their ideals and refuses to concede so they are mad. They seem to say that a strong woman only believes the way they do. A strong person believes what they believe regardless of any criticism they get from and woman or man.
Jeannie: Yeah, and that is why I wonder what it really means to be a feminist. But if you look at it in terms of political ideology, she’s not welcome in the club.
Ben: I have heard the argument on abortion although I think it is ridiculous. Why is abstinence a problem? Abstinence is in some ways the ultimate control over one’s own body.
Jeannie: 70% of abstinence-only education programs provide false information. It’s a danger to women, and it doesn’t work. Comprehensive sex ed programs cover abstinence too, and are much more effective. Utah has an abstinence-only policy and you are more likely to get Chlamydia in Utah than the flu.
Ben: It’s not about cutting sex off completely though. Sexually transmitted diseases are more often than not spread by promiscuous, no boundary sexual behavior. Even if you are born with a STD it is most likely not because a parent had some genetic mutation, it is because of sexual immorality somewhere in that family’s history.
Jeannie: I wouldn’t say that it is about being immoral though, the most conservative state in the country has this problem. It’s about educating, you can get an STI the first time you have sex. Kids aren’t being taught prevention.
Ben: Exactly, the best prevention is controlling yourself, being responsible, and not living like you’re on the Real World. That is what is being taught. The problem is that no matter how much you protect yourself it takes two. No protection is 100%. But anyway Im putting my vote in now for Palin to be not only in the club but leading it.
Jeannie: Who is teaching self-control? You can’t prevent teenagers from having sex by scaring them with bogus information. We have to teach our children that they do not have to have sex to be worthy of love, or to be independent, or beautiful. And Sarah Palin is more likely to lead the Democratic party than any group of feminists, that is just how it is. And I don’t think it is a title she is really looking for anyway.
Ben: What kind of education did you think I was talking about? Have I scared anyone or given bogus info? STD’s are scary and no protection is failsafe. You need to know your partner well before you trust your life to them like that. I haven’t read the book or heard everything she has ever said but I have heard Palin say the same thing you did. I believe it was on Oprah of all places.
Jeannie: It sounded like you were supporting abstinence only though, which, by itself has been prven ineffective and I know Palin supports abstinence-only because I saw that Oprah show. Are you supporting abstinence only or not?
Ben: Depends on how you ask. If you’re referring to the President of the USA then yes, 100% abstinence only. There again is something the government shouldn’t be in control of. Sex Ed should be anatomical only and if the question comes up abstinent only. Responsibility, sexual or otherwise, is the job of the parents. They need to worry less about careers and social standing and more about being MOTHERS AND FATHERS FIRST. That should always be number 1. If they are not ready for that maybe THEY should be abstinent. There is no excuse, no matter what for not parenting a child you are responsible for, regardless of the situation. As far as what Palin should say about sex, abstinence as President, mother to her kids.
Jeannie: Why can’t a President support safe sex? Kids are going to hace sex no matter what, and policy doesn’t make good parents. It is the government’s responsibility to provide for its people and teaching our children prevention should be a part of that. And if that is how you feel you don’t agree with her either- she supports funding abstinence only programs, which completely contradicts what you just said.
Ben: Parenting is not a policy. It is what adults with children do. Even without children they should try to set an example. Sex is not a right it is a privilege with serious consequences. Anyone who says it it ok to have as much sex as you want as long as there is a rubber handy is wrong and is facilitating the problem. I wasn’t clear, health class taught the anatomy when I was in school, I’m ok with that. If the question about safe sex comes up in a public school, abstinence only. It makes more political sense than anything else, control liability. Besides, Palin is never asked about anything other than abstinence or not, the best thing for her to say is, in my opinion, what she is saying.
Jeannie: Like I said, policy isn’t going to make good parents, If Palin is seeking to make this social change, she should be in sociology, not public service. Parents are not talking to their kids and that is the problem. The true liability is teaching abstinence only because it has been prven over and over to be ineffective. The teen pregnancy rate skyrocketed during the Bush administration. But wait, whose business is it what anyone does with their body? The determination of right and wrong is not the action, it is the motivation behind it. What is wrong for you is not wrong for everyone.
Ben: Right and wrong is not up for debate. There are consequences in life, if any legislation is needed it is to punish more strictly. If a teenager gets pregnant the parents should be held to a higher standard than the teen. What you do with it is your responsibility, so are the consequences. Remember, I was in school under Clinton and I can tell you now that passing condoms in class makes nothing better. The problem with America, responsibility is never taught whether it be financial, sexual, or just telling the truth. If you can’t afford it, you work hard just borrow it then cry when the bank comes and takes it away, Make bad decisions and wait for the gov to come to the rescue. Isn’t that what they are for? Not me. Not now. Not ever.
Jeannie: Comprehensive Sex ed is not just handing out condoms though, and the Clinton years saw the best teen pregnancy rates in the last fifty years. But the question of self responsibility vs. governemtn aid is something that you and I are never going to agree upon. That is just a difference in political ideology. But if you want to tlak smaller government, I would argue that government should not be in a woman’s uterus.
I'm sure that there is more to come, but he probably went to bed. =)
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Pretty's Pricetag
Last semester, I was in Buddhism class and we were talking about how society influences us to do things that are against our nature. We came up with examples like working to exhaustion, sleeping less, and forgetting to play. Then we paused. We were all thinking it. But no one said it. Dr. Ruff asked, “What else?” Even I was too uncomfortable to say it. Then he said, “We starve ourselves!”
We’ve heard it all before. We are fully aware that society places unrealistic expectations on people (not just women) to be “perfect”. But what I am really scared of is what we have become because of this.
Eve Ensler, the writer of the Vagina Monologues, has dedicated much of the money that has been made through the monologues to efforts to end female genital mutilation in Africa. To see and hear about what these poor girls are put through is horrific. After I saw a movie about FGM I was literally scarred for life… I still think about it and shudder.
These girls are literally being cut apart- AND WE ARE DOING THAT TO OURSELVES RIGHT HERE! The billion dollar plastic surgery industry in America thrives on the skewed mentality that women (and men) have to rip themselves apart and be put back together to be beautiful. Plastic surgery is rarely a painless process- whether people are having their foreheads sliced across their skull for a brow lift or having a vacuum shoved into their torsos for liposuction. But it is perfectly acceptable- OFTEN ENCOURAGED in our culture.
What does that say about our culture? This is the culture that we are perpetuating with every shampoo or lipstick purchase. This is a culture that we are raising our children in. It is time to stand up for what is natural, and right, and humane.
We’ve heard it all before. We are fully aware that society places unrealistic expectations on people (not just women) to be “perfect”. But what I am really scared of is what we have become because of this.
Eve Ensler, the writer of the Vagina Monologues, has dedicated much of the money that has been made through the monologues to efforts to end female genital mutilation in Africa. To see and hear about what these poor girls are put through is horrific. After I saw a movie about FGM I was literally scarred for life… I still think about it and shudder.
These girls are literally being cut apart- AND WE ARE DOING THAT TO OURSELVES RIGHT HERE! The billion dollar plastic surgery industry in America thrives on the skewed mentality that women (and men) have to rip themselves apart and be put back together to be beautiful. Plastic surgery is rarely a painless process- whether people are having their foreheads sliced across their skull for a brow lift or having a vacuum shoved into their torsos for liposuction. But it is perfectly acceptable- OFTEN ENCOURAGED in our culture.
What does that say about our culture? This is the culture that we are perpetuating with every shampoo or lipstick purchase. This is a culture that we are raising our children in. It is time to stand up for what is natural, and right, and humane.
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