GOVN 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Un Women, Gender Analysis
Unit 8
o board diversity
o Calvert principles
Beyond this, signatories that are fully implementing the Principles should share their
experience and make tools available to assist other firms in making meaningful progress.
For example, Calvert is actively involved in implementing the Principlesand crafting tools
to assist other firms.
o gender analysis
o cender gap
o status of women
1. Describe the model supporting centred leadership, and provide three reasons
why this approach supports the development of women in leadership.
• The first path is premised on the belief that movement is happening and that
it will take at least two generations to achieve the desired outcome.
• The second path is to set quotas for the hiring of women, an approach has
achieved success in Norway, where boards are required by law to have 40
percent representation of both sexes on government and public-limited
company boards. The UK has about half that number, while the U.S. is half
again: those countries rely on the first path. As noted in the previous unit, a
proposal by the European Union to set quotas for women on boards to
increase participation was turned down in favour of voluntary performance
goals. The push to increase the inclusion of woman was in response to
research that indicated higher financial performance by companies that had at
least 40 percent of their board positions held by women.
• The third path, proposed by UN Women, advocates adopting a strategic
approach, setting targets and committing resources towards achieving clearly
defined the outcomes.
2. Compare and contrast the three approaches to increasing the participation of
women in leadership positions and explain the strength and weaknesses of all.
• The first path is premised on the belief that movement is happening and that
it will take at least two generations to achieve the desired outcome.
• The second path is to set quotas for the hiring of women, an approach has
achieved success in Norway, where boards are required by law to have 40
percent representation of both sexes on government and public-limited
company boards. The UK has about half that number, while the U.S. is half
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