Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Title
Comparative Corporate Governance
Publication Date
2020
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975339.00018
Abstract
(Excerpt)
In 2003, Norwegian feminists, frustrated by intractably stark sex inequality in the private sector, initiated sex quotas to mandate inclusion of women on corporate boards. In the short span of our nascent century, this legislation established that diversity – sex diversity in particular – is a mark of legitimate corporate governance. When Norway adopted a corporate board quota in 2003, it appeared to be an extreme example of Scandinavian overreach. Within eight years, France had followed suit and other leading countries copied the regulation in some form. Now six of the top ten economies mandate sex diversity on corporate boards. This Chapter will explore how this tectonic shift transpired, the contours of state-driven diversity regulation and its effects, and what we may expect from further attention to diversity
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Comments
This is a draft of Chapter 9. The final version is available in Comparative Corporate Governance edited by Afra Afsharipour and Martin Gelter, published in 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
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