WOMEN ON BOARDS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Corporate Board: Role, Duties & Composition

Francesca Gennari¹ 

关键词: Corporate Social Responsibility;    CSR;    Corporate Governance;    Gender Equality;    Women On Boards;    Corporate Global Responsibility;   

DOI  :  10.22495/cbv12i1c1art3

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Virtus Interpress

【 摘 要 】

Data by EU Commission show a low representation of women on boards. The scope of this article is to read contemporary and according to a managerial approach the possible causes of this situation: the availability of skills possessed by women to cover top positions, the presence of binding or self-regulatory rules and the corporate culture towards CSR approach. Our research is focused on EU countries, where the gender equality on board is currently matter of attention and regulatory interventions. We conclude that the scarce presence of women in the boardrooms is not ascribable to a scarcity of expertise, but it is associated with a social background and a corporate culture not inspired by corporate global responsibility values. Regulatory interventions may accelerate the consciousness of gender balance on boards, but without companies’ commitment in CSR matters and without a clear vision of corporate global responsibility (including economic, social and environmental aspects), they tend to become additional tasks in the management of corporate compliance risk.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC