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.

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Author:Katja LangenbucherORCiDGND
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):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht