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Board Diversification Strategy: Realizing Competitive Advantage and Shareowner Value, CalPERS
February 18, 2009
Women on Boards: A Statistical Review by Country, Supersector and Sector
June 11, 2010
Government Metrics International, a private consulting group providing corporate governance ratings on a global basis, has published a report providing a statistical review of the the representation of women on the boards of listed companies throughout the world. Because leaders and regulators in the US, UK, and… read more
Board Diversity: Why It Matters and How to Improve It
November 12, 2010
In an address last week, SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar once again spoke out on the need for greater diversity on public company boards. In particular, Aguilar covered three topics: The background and significance of the rule passed last year by the SEC which requires… read more
Proxy Access and Board Diversity
February 28, 2011
A recent article at TheRacetotheBottom.org takes a look at how the recently adopted proxy access rules could affect diversity on US company boards. According to the article: One likely consequence of shareholder access will be more diversity on the board. . . . It… read more
Board Diversity - How Important is “Critical Mass?”
March 22, 2011
Professors at UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University Law School recently published a paper describing and analyzing the results of data collected form corporate directors on whether an how board diversity matters. The paper and survey go further than previous studies on the topic to… read more
Aguilar Calls for Action on Board Diversity
May 06, 2011
In a recent address before the 2011 Hispanic Association of Corporate Responsibility's Corporate Directors Summit, SEC Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar called on the financial services industry, and company boards in particular, to step up their focus on racial and gender diversity. Referring to the Alliance for Board… read more
The New Yorker Examines Board Diversity
July 19, 2011
In the July 11 issue of the New Yorker, Ken Auletta authored an article looking at the lack gender diversity on the boards of the country's most prominent high tech companies. Auletta concludes that the gender diversity is not only lacking on the boards of… read more