Gender diversity as the antidote to ‘groupthink’ on corporate boards
Gender diversity as the antidote to ‘groupthink’ on corporate boards
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性别多样性是公司董事会“群体思维”的解药
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2018
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Akshaya Kamalnath
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作者：
Akshaya Kamalnath
公司董事会的性别多样性已成为一个重点，而排除了所有其他形式的多样性。本文分析了董事会性别多样性是否有助于董事会克服群体思维（即董事会成员在做出决策时未能考虑主流观点的替代方案）。这是一个重要的问题，因为董事会负责公司的治理，而群体思维经常被认为是有效履行这一职责的障碍。因此，本文首先研究了董事会的作用、董事会决策过程和群体思维问题，随后研究了性别多样性克服群体思维的潜力。报告的结论是，只要女性董事也是独立的并具有“局外人”地位，公司董事会的性别多样性可能有助于克服群体思维。然而，其他形式的多样性，如种族、教育、任期、专业背景等，可能会带来同样的好处，因此不应被忽视。
Gender diversity on corporate boards has become a point of emphasis, to the exclusion of all other forms of diversity. This paper analyses whether board gender diversity might help boards overcome groupthink (i.e. the failure of board members to consider alternatives to the dominant view when making decisions). This is a significant question because the board is reponsible for governance of the company and groupthink is often cited as a hurdle to effectively performing this role. Thus, the paper first examines the role of the board, board decision-making processes and the problem of groupthink, and subsequently, the potential of gender diversity to overcome groupthink. It concludes that gender diversity on corporate boards might help overcome groupthink so long as the women directors are also independent and bear ‘outsider’ status. However, other forms of diversity like race, education, tenure, professional background etcetera might offer the same benefits and thus should not be overlooked.