A women-in-business non-profit found that Fortune 500 companies with most women board members consistently outperformed those with fewest [1].
Market forces should therefore cause the numbers of women board members to increase accordingly, however, "change has occurred at a sluggish pace" [2].
The 40% EU objective stipulates that "qualification and merit will remain the key criteria" and will hopefully challenge unconscious biases that may be behind the sluggish progress [3].
Market forces should therefore cause the numbers of women board members to increase accordingly, however, "change has occurred at a sluggish pace" [2].
The 40% EU objective stipulates that "qualification and merit will remain the key criteria" and will hopefully challenge unconscious biases that may be behind the sluggish progress [3].
[1]: http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/bottom-line-corporate-perf...
[2]: http://www.ey.com/US/en/Newsroom/News-releases/Women-are-joi...
[3]: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-1205_en.htm