scholarly journals The Scientific Analysis of Some European Corporate Governance Standards After Financial Crisis - Case in Belgium and The Netherlands

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 34-45
Author(s):  
Dinh Tran Ngoc Huy
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Scientific Analysis ◽  
European Corporate Governance

Achieving gender balance in the boardroom: is it time for legislative action in the UK?

Legal Studies ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Villiers
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Gender Quotas ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Legislative Action ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
The Uk

In the UK and across the globe, women struggle to get a place on the boards of large public companies and still take home less pay than their male counterparts. At a time of financial crisis and corporate governance failures, this lack of equality is considered especially problematic because the talents of half the workforce are not being utilised fully. This paper explores the possibility of introducing legislative gender quotas for company boardrooms in the UK. Such laws have been passed in Norway and Spain with dramatic results. Other countries, such as France and the Netherlands, look set to follow the examples of Norway and Spain. Has that time arrived in the UK?

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