Gender Quotas on Boards - Is It Time for Australia to Lean In?
| dc.contributor.author | Spender, Peta | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-07T22:30:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-12-07T10:03:26Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article examines whether Australia should introduce a gender quota on ASX 200 boards. Although existing institutional arrangements favour voluntary initiatives, Australia may be at a critical juncture where two factors — the public, pragmatic nature of the statutory regulation of corporations in Australia and the current salience of gender as a political issue —may favour the introduction of a quota. In particular, Australian policy-makers may be amenable to change by observing initiatives from other jurisdictions. It is argued that we should maintain a healthy scepticism about functionalist arguments such as the business case for women on boards. Rather, we should invoke enduring justifications such as equality, parity and democratic legitimacy to support a quota. The optimal design of an Australian gender board quota will be also be explored. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1321-3660 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/22273 | |
| dc.publisher | Deakin University | |
| dc.rights | Author/s retain copyright | en_AU |
| dc.source | Deakin Law Review | |
| dc.title | Gender Quotas on Boards - Is It Time for Australia to Lean In? | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_AU |
| local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
| local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 121 | |
| local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 95 | |
| local.contributor.affiliation | Spender, Peta, ANU College of Law, ANU | |
| local.contributor.authoremail | u9300397@anu.edu.au | |
| local.contributor.authoruid | Spender, Peta, u9300397 | |
| local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
| local.identifier.absfor | 180100 - LAW | |
| local.identifier.absseo | 970118 - Expanding Knowledge in Law and Legal Studies | |
| local.identifier.ariespublication | u1015647xPUB21 | |
| local.identifier.citationvolume | 20 | |
| local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u1015647 | |
| local.type.status | Published Version |
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