Apple Promises to Add More Women and Minorities to Its Board

p1010716-e1317767547948We’re going to have to agree with the HuffPo commenter at the end of this clip: as much as we’d like for Apple‘s board to reflect the diversity of the United States and the world at large by including more professionals who are not middle-aged white men, we wonder how corporations can best address such reputation management concerns.

In response to ongoing shareholder complaints, Apple just updated its corporate charter to read:

“The Committee is committed to actively seeking out highly qualified women and individuals from minority groups to include in the pool from which Board nominees are chosen.”

Hmmm.

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