Corporate Diversity Jigsaw

"This book addresses seldom discussed issues regarding diversity in corporations. Policy-makers will find the critical examination of regulations across jurisdictions useful. Businesses, employees, and general readers will appreciate the balanced analysis, practical solutions, and fresh perspectives on how issues like corporate culture, social movements, etc. impact diversity efforts"--

List of contents

Introduction; Part I: 1. Defining Diversity; 2. Corporate Governance and Diversity; 3. Social Movements and Diversity; Part II: 4. Legal and Market Initiatives; 5. Corporate Culture; Part III: 6. A Proposal to Reconcile Corporate Law with Diversity and other Societal Issues.

About the author

Akshaya Kamalnath is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian National University College of Law. She writes about diversity in companies in legal journals, popular media and her blog, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Corporate Governance.

Summary

This book addresses seldom discussed issues regarding diversity in companies, such as corporate responses to #MeToo and #BLM, corporate culture, and whether quotas and targets are really helping or harming people. The book offers practical solutions to ensure diversity programmes are effective.

Foreword

A nuanced justification of what types of diversity initiatives are most useful for corporations, and how they should be implemented.

Product details

• Authors: Akshaya Kamalnath, Akshaya (Australian National University Kamalnath
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781316513033
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51303-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance, LAW / Labor & Employment, LAW / Discrimination, Discrimination in employment and harassment law, Discrimination in employment law