Women on the board of directors and senior management and the company's refusal to discriminate due to religious beliefs

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https://doi.org/10.36791/tcg.v0i17.99

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Discrimination, Religion, Women, Management, Directors

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between the female presence in the highest administrative and management bodies of the company and the including in its ethical code of not discriminating against workers because of their religion. The results indicate that: a) from 2013 to 2017 there has been an increase in companies with an ethical code, but a decrease in the codes in which the rejection of this kind of discrimination is stated; b) the presence of more than two women on the board of directors influences the
company decision to include this form of discrimination when its code of conduct is designed, but only in 2015 and 2017; and, c) regarding the presence of women in senior management, this result has only been achieved for 2015, highlighting that there are more women on the board than in senior management during the years studied (2013, 2015 and 2017). 

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Author Biographies

María Concepción Verona Martel, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Doctora en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales por la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), España, en la cual ocupa el puesto de Profesora Titular de Universidad. Correo: mariaconcepcion.verona@ulpgc.es. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4257-2299

Silvia López Dávila, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Graduada en Turismo por la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), España. Correo: mariaconcepcion.verona@ulpgc.es

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Mujeres en el consejo de administración y en la alta dirección y el rechazo de la empresa a discriminar por creencias religiosas

Published

2021-05-31

How to Cite

Verona Martel, M. C., & López Dávila, S. (2021). Women on the board of directors and senior management and the company’s refusal to discriminate due to religious beliefs. TRASCENDER, CONTABILIDAD Y GESTIÓN, 6(17 mayo-agosto), 2–26. https://doi.org/10.36791/tcg.v0i17.99

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