Appointments to boards and committees via lottery : a pathway to fairness and diversity

Lyn Carson; Ron Lubensky

Appointments to boards and committees via lottery : a pathway to fairness and diversity

Lyn Carson
, Ron Lubensky

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Abstract

Public appointments for committees or boards can be controversial due to cronyism or pandering to demands of noisy or powerful interest groups. One relatively unexplored method for selecting committee or board members is random selection which has advantages beyond interrupting cronyism. This paper canvasses the strengths and weaknesses of an unusual selection method and makes a case for the use of a lottery as a robust process that will lend legitimacy and credibility to committee or board governance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-94
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Public Affairs
Volume	9
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Keywords

boards of trade
committees
executive succession
executives
lotteries
personnel management
recruiting
selection and appointment

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Appointments to boards and committees via lottery : a pathway to fairness and diversity

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