Corporate boards do better when they include the best people who come from a wide range of various perspectives and backgrounds. The boardroom is where strategic decisions are made, governance applied and risk overseen. It is therefore essential that boards are made up of competent highly qualify people when put together offers a mix of skills, experiences and backgrounds. Therefore, the question will propose here question do men do better on corporate boards then women simply because they are male? Research does not support that assumption. In fact, researches have said that board appointments must always be made on merit and not based on that of gender distinction, with the best qualified person getting the job. However, given the testimonials of how women have achieved the highest level of qualifications and leadership positions in many walks of life, the fact remains that there exist an under representation of women on corporate boards. Thus, raising the questions about incorporates that of skills, experience and performance. Therefore, government and businesses can undertake a review of their recruitment process by looking at the current situation, identify barriers and then set out to make recommendation to discuss this imbalance thus achieving an increase the number of women on corporate boards in the United Kingdom. Women on boards -why does it matter? The argument here is that of improving business performance while concerning promoting that of equal opportunities for women. There exists a strong business argument for balanced boards. The expectation of board is one of comprehensive and diverse to better able to understand their customers and stakeholders needs and can benefit from new perspectives and ideas, vigorous c... ... middle of paper ... ...ity in the Boardroom and Firm Financial Performance Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 83, No.3, p.435. 3) Catalyst. (2004-2008). The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance and Women’s Representation on Boards. Switzerland. http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/bottom-line-corporate-performance-and-womens-representation-boards. 4) “Female FTSE Report,” (2009). Retrieved from Cranfield School of Management. 5) Tingley,J.C (1993). Genderflex: Ending the workplace war between the sexes. New York: American Marketing Associates. 6) Vinnicombe, S. (2008). Women on Corporate Boards of Directors: International Research and Practice. 7) Mc Kinsey & Company. (2007) Women Matter: “gender diversity, a corporate performance diver “Retrieved from http://www. mckinsey.com. 8) Zehnder, E. (2010). European board diversity analysis 2010: Is it getting easier to find women on European boards?
First, our company should understand the importance of gender diversity. In the first article “Why Workplace Gender Diversity Matters”, Anne Marsan pointed out directly that most tech companies lack of gender diversity. Then she explained several reasons why gender diversity matters to companies. Using logos, she mentioned that women in U.S. purchased 50 percent of computers, 50 percent of cars and 80 percent of consumer goods. In other words, organizations with gender diversity are better to connect with
Jefferson P. Marquis, Nelson Lim, Lynn M. Scott, Margaret C. Harrell, Jennifer Kavanagh "Managing Diversity in Corporate America, An Exploratory Analysis" Rand Corporation. Web. 29 June 2015.
The article discussed how women are trying to work their way up the ranks into high level senior leadership roles. In an article by Cook and Glass (2011) talked about Human Resource Management and how there was an increase in stock price for a company when investors discovered that there was going
Parcheta, N., Kaifi, B., & Khanfar, N. (2013). Gender Inequality in the Workforce: A Human Resource Management Quandary. Journal of Business Studies Quarterly, 4(3), 240-248.
Upadhyaya, Preeti, and Lauren Hepler. "Why hiring women may make your business more money."Silicon Valley Business Journal [San Jose] 11 September 2013, n. pag. Web. 13 April 2014.
Today, however, women have integrated themselves into every field of activity and every kind of industry smoothly and skillfully. Whether travelling twenty days of the month or accepting transfers, they are as performance-oriented, sincere, competent and persevering as their male counterparts, if not more. Their presence in the corporate world is now more a rule than an exception such that a feminist agenda and, in fact, any speci...
This is issue is not equal, the future can not continue like this. Women should never be discriminated in there work because of there gender.This is not a issue that is only concerning in the United States. This issue is world wide, Stated by a blog, “How Can We Achieve Gender Equality in the Workplace?’’ it is quoted, “Women are less likely than men to be associated with leadership positions in the UK. At this time 43% of large firms have no women on their board and only 34.7% of smaller firms have female directors; however the Lord Davies’ 2011 review called for 25% of directors to be female by the end of 2015, so this is an encouraging
Harvard Business Review. Women in the Workplace: A Research Roundup. n.d. 15 November 2013 .
The hardships women endure daily and face is admirable, not only are they mothers, daughters, wives or friends they’re also women striving to be successful in a workplace dominated by men.Although women’s roles in society have evolved tremendously over the years we still have a long way to go.Women deal with various constant issues in their workplace like sex discrimination, sexual harassment, salary, stereotypes, the glass ceiling, and the work-life balance.Regardless of what others think, women are key factors in the business industry they are great listeners and have all the patience in the world.They approach problem solving differently, offer diversity, intuition, are great multi-taskers, and the tolerance of pain they have is insane.At
According to a recent statistic, 41 percent of companies say they’re too busy to implement gender diversity policies in the workplace. Most Fortune 1000 companies have one or no women on their top teams. This demonstrates that gender diversity is too low of a priority for companies. A pew study asked respondents which gender are they most likely to hire and it found that both genders tended to hire men over women. This is likely one of the causes of
Gender inequality is present in all aspects of human society, from culture, politics, and economic stand point to personal relationships. Gender inequality can be viewed as a major problem especially within the business world (Corporation, 2016). In the past, men are seen as leaders in all aspects. For example, men could work without any criticisms, they could participate in political issues and were given higher education. Women on the other hand, were given no political participation, criticized for working outside the household as they were responsible for chores such as takes care of their children, cooking or cleaning and given limited education compared to men. Although there are claims rights equality of women in 21st century and much has been written about it in the field of business (Player, 2013), but there is still a gap between male and female. This essay aims to explore the impact of gender inequality in business and will analyze the details in terms of the men are given high pay and specific jobs over women.
Shaw, W. H., & Barry, V. (2011). Moral Issues in Business (Eleventh ed., pp. 230-244).
The so-called “Copé-Zimmermann” Law, No 2011-103 of 27 January 2011 on balanced gender representation on boards of directors and on supervisory boards, places France among the leaders in Europe on the fight against gender inequality. Following a proposal of Jean-François Copé, Marie-Jo Zimmermann, Christian Jacob and Michèle Tabarot, the law has been enacted on 27 January 2011 and published in the Official Journal of 28 January 2011. The “Copé-Zimmermann” law provides for compulsory provisions (§1) that have to be complied with by companies that fall within its scope (§2).
"Six Ways To Fix Gender Inequality At Work". World Economic Forum. N. p., 2016. Web. 18 Apr.
“There are 74.6 million women in the civilian labor force. Almost 47 percent of U.S. workers are women.” (DeWolf 2017) Today, there are more woman in leadership roles in business than ever before. A leadership role in business ranges from a store manager, branch manager, to CEO’s of large companies. Through the modern and correct view on Feminism more business’ and individuals are proud and happy with the results woman are producing in the workplace. With women in the workplace comes the right for equal pay, which is now coming to fruition more than ever, further pushing the equal rights of women. A prime example of equal pay for equal work is the stance Google recently taken on closing the gap between salaries for men and