Should businesses be required to have women on their board of directors?

If they are qualified to be there of course - same for men

No, nor should men be required on board of directors of businesses made by women. How you run your business should be your choice alone.

No, but businesses should strongly consider it, and it would limit my desire to invest if an organization did not.

Yes women in charge because men’s thinking is irrational & usually due to their fragile ego’s not what is actually logical. We need women’s input to make it logical instead of what man’s egos might get upset.

If the board is ultimately male and has been historically male dominated it may be a requirement yes.

Should be incentive but not mandatory, as the board should have the best people for the job as well as diversity

No, however diversity of gender should be actively encouraged.

No, but publish statistics on board gender and ethnicity.

It should be based on competence not gender.

Govt should incentivise and encourage diversity but I don’t support mandates

Hard call. I’d tend to say yes because diversity is good for everyone.

Either Way, It depends on the business

Depends on each case

Yes, but the rule must not be so strict as to force a small one-man home business to hire someone else.

No, just because a corporation presents itself as diverse doesn't minimize the impact of its exploitation of the working class.

Should be a voted in policy

Gender should be taken out of the equation entirely. An objective third party should recommend members based on qualifications alone

No but we should have affirmative action

Female representation should be encouraged, but not enforced

Focus on getting elected worker representatives on boards, ideally getting more women through this way

No I feel this undermines women and fuels the equality issue.

No, but government should do more to require diversity regardless of gender

Yes but it depends on the size of the organisation and if there’s enough qualified for the role, if not they should be encouraged to train up or hire for a diverse BOD.

Only if the woman is chosen because they’re the right person for the job not chosen for diversity’s sake

Yes. If there isn't a person who is the best based on merit and happens to be a woman, businesses will be forced to address the root causes of why this is, and work to fix it through training, addressing nepotism, etc. If there is really equality in our society, this requirement would barely affect anything. But we'll only know which it is if it was implemented.

I think board members should consist of whomever is the most qualified for the job; a nomination on merit rather than sex. But it is import to ensure that women receive the same opportunities as men to develop skills and experience within the workplace so that they are in a position to be nominated to a board. This would hopefully make sex-based quotas redundant as everyone would be playing with the same toys, so to speak.

For publicly listed companies, certainly

The government should help provide equal opportunity for all

No , but business should be required to give people job based on skills shown in interview and qualifications and the government should be offering training and support to enable wemon to access more top jobs

The best qualified person should be on the board

No, but pay gaps should be required to be published so that the public can make choices about where they work and spend there money

Yes, as long as they are highly qualified for the position.

No, but women should be provided with the same access to opportunities in the workplace

No but encourage diversity

it's a very situational question, if you were to give a straight answer then it would have to be broad and not the most effective answer for all circumstances.

No, board members should be determined by experience and qualifications rather than sex.

No, board members should be the most qualified regardless of gender But incentivise diversity in the workplace.

There should be more incentives to have diverse board of directors and career pathways that incentivise and train workers to be ready for a board of directors role

Depends on the size etc of the company, if it's one that the govt has to bail out or is big enough to start getting grants or tax cuts etc then yes they should have rules around diversity.

Yes, but only if company above a certain size I.e. 300 employees plus

No, the government should not enforce hiring criteria, however, companies that paper to be discriminating should be required to under go private inquiries by 3rd parties to determine if any imbalances in diversity is a result of discrimination

No, this should be heavily encouraged however not forced

Diverse workplaces must be required and if a company has absurdly low numbers of women, there should be an investigation

No, mandating diversity strengthens its opponents, who declare diversity hiring an attack on meritocracy.

Yes as a temporary equality measure alongside other equality measures

It depends on the qualification of the woman compared to the men

Should be a goal and an incentive but not a requirement

Yes and no. No, best person for Job, but diversity should still be considered as something that will create best team for the job.

People should be on boards if they have the skills