In 2002, Norway enacted a law requiring that 40 percent of all board members at state-owned and publicly listed companies be women by 2008.

Since then, Spain and the Netherlands have passed similar laws. Now Belgium, Britain, Germany, France and Sweden are considering legislative measures involving female quotas. And although Germany is also debating such a law, Deutsche Telekom, which is based in Bonn, announced last week that it would voluntarily introduce a quota aiming to fill 30 percent of upper and middle management jobs with women by the end of 2015.

Do quotas work? Would they work in the U.S.? Does the U.S. need them?

• Marit Hoel, Center for Corporate Diversity, Oslo
• Amy Dittmar, University of Michigan
• Peter Baldwin, author, “The Narcissism of Minor Differences”
• Sharon Meers, former managing director at Goldman Sachs
• Linda Hirshman, author, “Get to Work”

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