Legal aspects of gender balance on corporate boards in Germany: This document was requested by Policy Department C of the European Parliament

Katja Langenbucher

No 2, SAFE White Paper Series from Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: German constitutional law; German corporate governance codex; gender equality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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