It’s a figure of speech that labels the invisible and artificial barriers that prevent women and minorities advancement up the corporate ladder to senior management, as well as executive positions. The U.S. Congress made compelling discoveries in 1991 that in spite of flourishing numbers of minorities in the workplace, women and minority representation still remained very low or non-existent in upper management roles, plus these barrier were constraining their ability to advance in those areas. Subsequently, in Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Congress decreed the Glass Ceiling Act inaugurating the Glass Ceiling Commission. The objective of this commission was to …show more content…
The commission made note that small percentage of senior management positions in these large corporations were being filled by minorities. There was even smaller numbers when it came to women. The finding were only 3 to 5 percent. Also in those findings where women happen to occupy these senior positions, they were compensated far less than their male counterparts. The commission’s additional findings presented that for women occupying these senior positions, they were categorized in areas of human resources or research. These areas are not considered part of the roadmap to executive