…untries to introduce a law calling for a quota for women on boards; the quota was set at 40% in 2003. A recent study looks at some of the results. Released in 2014, the study finds that Norway’s quota law has not led to the appointment of unqualified…
…ork life for parents with sick children. Quotas are not a quick fix to achieve gender equality in business life. Quotas are only effective if such welfare measures are in place… we would never have seen such a rapid increase in the number of women on…
…ritten many times, I favor the mandatory quota model of Norway. Of course, context was important. Since 1981 Norway has required that public sector boards, councils, working groups and delegations must have 40% or more of each gender. In 1993, parenta…
…arliament has called for legally binding quotas at EU level in several Resolutions. Promoting more equality in decision-making is one of the goals in the European Women’s Charter (see IP/10/237 ), which was initiated by President José Manuel Barroso a…
…ts the introduction of mandatory EU-wide quotas for the representation of women on executive boards. The voluntary approach to addressing one of the major remaining barriers to gender equality has failed and the Greens support the introduction of a bi…
…bly’s report states that “[t]he use of a quota-like system, as proposed by this bill, to remedy past discrimination and differences in opportunity may be difficult to defend.” Governor Brown acknowledged these objections, saying the flaws may prove “f…
…rogress. SSGA will not be working with a quota system. Firms must simply provide evidence of their attempts to improve diversity. A firm that doesn’t add women, for example, would have to show it attempted to cast a wider net and set diversity goals….
…s whether to instate a mandatory minimum quota for the proportion of women manning corporate boardrooms. (The most important news and commentary to read right now. – The Slatest – Slate Magazine, 2/9/2011.) This is quite a different spin than I heard…
…d to address diversity in the boardroom: quotas and disclosure. His study of Norway’s quota model demonstrates the important role diversity can play in enhancing the quality of corporate governance, while also revealing the challenges diversity mandat…
…com/2017/11/20/women-on-boards-eu-gender-quota/ . [25] See, e.g., Julie Daum, Laurel McCarthy & Ann Yerger, “Board Composition: A Slow Evolution,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation (Dec. 26, 2017), available at…
…the United States had Norway’s boardroom quota law back in 1963? Norwegian quotas were initiated not for economic reasons but to address societal needs for justice, democracy, participation, equality and human rights. In comparison, our country feels…
…ve dropping years of service. Italy 2012 quota. It works. Obligation by board and shareholders to have 1/3 of board with the gender less represented (almost always women). Quotas unlikely in US. Too few diversity committees. Stanford research calls fo…
…hich describes outcomes of the Norwegian quota law and its snowball effect on other countries.] Ginger Lew emphasized the gains that can be made by asking for a census of demographic characteristics of your fund managers and portfolio companies. ‘Comp…