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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
COB #313632
AMENDMENT TO COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM EXECUTIVE HIRING PROCESS
Submitting a Proposed Amendment sponsored by Edwin Reyes, Jesus G. Garcia and Jeffrey R. Tobolski, County Commissioners, Co-sponsored by Joan Patricia Murphy, County Commissioner.
WHEREAS, there are many talented and highly qualified minorities capable of excelling in every type of executive position in the United States; and
WHEREAS, there is a long history of minorities being underrepresented in executive positions in the workforce of the United States; and
WHEREAS, before the NFL established the 'Rooney Rule', which requires at least one minority to be interviewed for any head coach position, only 6% of NFL head coaches were minority, after the rule was implemented that number jumped to 22%; and
WHEREAS, Coca-Cola adopted a similar approach to hiring when it faced a $192 million racial discrimination settlement; and
WHEREAS, since 2000, the number of minority senior managers at Coca-Cola jumped from 8.4 percent to 21 percent; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance will expose quality minority candidates to high-level jobs that otherwise they might not get a chance to interview for; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance will also, expose the Health and Hospitals System Board to highly qualified minority candidates, that they might not otherwise be exposed to; and
WHEREAS, it is the public policy of the County to ensure the full and equitable participation of minorities in the recruitment process for executive positions in the County's Health and Hospitals System, by making certain that at least one minority is interviewed for these positions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 38 Health and Human Services, Sec. 38-72, Sec. 38-81 and Sec. 38-84 of the Cook County Code are hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 38-72. Definitions.
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