The Australian Government has just announced that it is increasing its target for female representation on federal government boards from 40% to 50%. The latest percentage of women on ASX 200 board is 21.9. What are the benefits of having more female representation on corporate boards? And should there be mandated quotas to improve female representation?
I need to do the academic research and discussion of various points of view that have been put forward regarding the make up of corporate boards and the notion of mandated quotas.