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Women in the boardroom

Harvard Corporate Governance

Executive summary Gender parity on boards will be elusive without greater focus and action The business case for diversity has been established for some time. Executive summary Gender parity on boards will be elusive without greater focus and action The business case for diversity has been established for some time. Edelman, Ms.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Harvard Corporate Governance

For example, legal quotas or investor guidelines typically capture only the number of women on the board. Perhaps due to the narrowness of such a measure, academic research on the link between boardroom gender diversity and firm performance typically finds negative or insignificant effects. This post is based on their recent paper.

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Challenges Continue Regarding Expanding Diversity in The Boardroom and C-Suites

Harvard Corporate Governance

Programs seeking to boost representation of select demographic groups in executive ranks, boardrooms and the workforce more broadly have received backlash, particularly when the companies’ goals have numeric targets attached to them [1]. discussed on the Forum here ) by Jesse M. Strine, Jr. DEI programming can come in many different forms.

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The Roles of Boards, Executives, and Stakeholders in Attracting Women to U.S. Corporate Boards

Reynolds Holding

Over the last two decades, firms have been under growing pressure from investors, business leaders, and activists to increase female and minority representation on boards of directors. First adopted by Norway in 2003, regulations relating to boardroom gender diversity have spread worldwide. However, in the U.S.,

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Arnold & Porter Discusses California Challenge to Rulings Rejecting Board Diversification

Reynolds Holding

Both courts rejected arguments by the state that remediating discrimination against women and members of underrepresented communities, and enhancing corporate performance through board diversity, constitute compelling state interests justifying the statutes’ diversity requirements. This decision was appealed in June. Background.

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Vin Murria’s bid for M&C Saatchi is her most daring yet

The Guardian M&A

‘Fearless’ female tech tycoon is at war with Mad Men in a rollercoaster takeover battle for UK-based advertising agency Days after starting her first job in the male-dominated tech industry, a then 22-year-old Vin Murria was told she would never be successful because she was young, female and Asian. Continue reading.

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Deputy AG Lisa Monaco Speaks on DOJ’s New Approaches to Corporate Crime

Reynolds Holding

But just as importantly, we’re joined in person and on the livestream by line prosecutors, agents, and investigative analysts—the career men and women who do the hard work, day in and day out, to make great cases and hold wrongdoers accountable. Good afternoon. Thank you, Dean McKenzie, for the introduction and for hosting us today.