Legal aspects of gender balance on corporate boards in Germany
- The German corporate governance code includes a recommendation as to diversity on corporate boards. Two draft bills on gender quotas are currently under way in legislative proceedings. However, the ruling coalition rejects those, advocating a “flexible quota”. The present study provides an overview on legislative proposals currently presented and on academic scholarship on the issue. Legal obstacles to the introduction of a “fix” quota under German law are discussed and the “soft” version of “flexible” quotas is advocated.
Author: | Katja LangenbucherORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-314072 |
URL: | http://safe-frankfurt.de/policy-center/policy-publications/details/article/legal-aspects-of-gender-balance-on-corporate-boards-in-germany.html |
Parent Title (English): | SAFE white paper series ; 2 |
Series (Serial Number): | SAFE white paper series (2) |
Publisher: | House of Finance |
Place of publication: | Frankfurt am Main |
Document Type: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2013/03/20 |
Date of first Publication: | 2013/03/20 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2013/09/05 |
Tag: | German constitutional law; German corporate governance codex; gender equality |
Page Number: | 17 |
First Page: | 24 |
Last Page: | 38 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 344365026 |
Institutes: | Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften |
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / House of Finance (HoF) | |
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS) | |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |