"What Would Meg Do?" by Erika Brown Forbes Magazine May 21, 2007

This is an article that I believe is evidence that, contrary to Christina Hoff Sommer's argument that it is just feminists like Carol Gilligan who holds the idea that there is a "distinct male and female moral orientation..." Hoff Sommers, "The War Against Boys", page 6, other people in the media and in business/economics power circles also seem to believe that such dichotomy exists. The article in Forbes profiles the best performing bosses for the year 2006-2007 and the top performer was the CEO of Ebay, Margaret (Meg) Whitman. The author of the article profiles Meg Whitman in a way she does not profile the rest of the top performers, who all happen to be males. She describes how Ms. Whitman took personal care in securing medical services and a safe return home for one of her top executives who became ill during a a business trip they did to Tehran. The article then draws the conclusion from this one example that with women top executives it is not all about the bottom line, it is about caring about the company's human resources . It is a different style of management. Although this type of article is just an anecdotal account, and may not provide the empirical raw data that some studious of the matter in academia would need in order to accept as valid supporting evidence, it is still good food for thought. It also reveals that it is not only merely certain feminist groups that have embraced some of Professor Gilligan's thesis, but other people in the media and the business world have also had the opportunity to document behavior of females that is different from other male performers in the field.