Push for corporate board diversity set to increase in the U.S. due to European pressure
As Germany prepares to enact quotas that will
mandate quotas for female participation on major corporate boards, the
United States is feeling the pressure to improve board diversity, says
Hillary A. Sale, JD, corporate governance expert and professor of law at
Washington University School of Law. After years of little growth, the percentage of women directors on U.S. Boards remains at 12 percent.