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offered partnerships and 20, including Hopkins were put on hold. Hopkins was the only woman in the nominated group. Hopkins was assigned to more work with partners for the purpose  of evaluating her abilities. In 1983, one of her original supporters changed his mind and opposed her nomination with another of the partners agreeing. Hopkins was then told it was  unlikely she would ever be given a partnership in the company. Hopkins had the best track record of all the candidates in terms of securing major contracts and she also  billed more hours than any of the other candidates. The initial nomination and subsequent vote of the partners included 32 male partners, of these, 13 approved the nomination, 8 opposed  it, 3 recommended putting the nomination on hold and 8 said they did not have enough information. The no votes against Hopkins came mostly from partners outside of her department.  One important factor with this case is that Price Waterhouse initially advised Hopkins that the company had a policy not to hire anyone who had a close relationship with  someone who worked at any national accounting firm. Hopkinss husband was a partner at Touche Ross. Price Waterhouse honored their initial offer and hired her anyway. The issues can  be identified as: what is Hopkins track record; what do past evaluations indicate about Hopkins; what comments have been made about Hopkins by partners, other employees on her teams, customers;  what are the companys reasons for not promoting Hopkins to partner? Hopkins track record seems to be excellent. But, despite this excellent record, closer examination revealed that her projects were  sometimes over-budget and off schedule but were reported otherwise. There were also indications there were interpersonal problems within teams Hopkins had led. There were also reports of Hopkins criticizing other