Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Women Corporate Directors in the United States

  • Chapter
Women on Corporate Boards of Directors

Part of the book series: Issues in Business Ethics ((IBET,volume 14))

Abstract

Catalyst measures the number of women directors on the boards of major U.S. companies because we know that in business, what gets measured gets done. The Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500 was created in 1993 to encourage the leaders of Fortune 500 companies to increase the number of women serving on their boards. Since successful, large public companies are the standard against which businesses in the United States measures themselves, we also hoped to encourage smaller corporations to add women to their boards.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Catalyst, (1993) Women on Corporate Boards: The Challenge of Change, Catalyst, New York. Catalyst, ( 1995 ) The CEO View: Women on Corporate Boards, Catalyst, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • Catalyst, (1998) Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of Fortune 500 Companies, Catalyst, New York, Daum, J. (1998) Women on Board! Chief Executive, October, pp. 40–43.

    Google Scholar 

  • Daum, (1999) Why CEOa\s Have a Tough To\ime Recruiting Women Directors, Spencer Stuart Board Index 1998, New York. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, (1998) Employment and Earnings, No.98-2, May, 1998, Table 1. Wachington DC.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Catalyst, New York, New York, USA

    Mary C. Mattis Ph.D.

Authors
  1. Mary C. Mattis Ph.D.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. School of Business, York University, 4700 Keele Street, M3J 1P3, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Ronald J. Burke

  2. Catalyst, 120 Wall Street, Fifth floor, 10005, New York City, New York, USA

    Mary C. Mattis

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2000 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Mattis, M.C. (2000). Women Corporate Directors in the United States. In: Burke, R.J., Mattis, M.C. (eds) Women on Corporate Boards of Directors. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3401-4_4

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3401-4_4

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht

  • Print ISBN: 978-90-481-5395-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-90-481-3401-4

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation