Boards unprepared to deal with sexual harassment, survey shows

Bizwomen - Survey: Boards won't deal with harassment

By: Jennifer Elias

Photo: Vicki Thompson

October 31, 2017

After a long summer of sexual harassment scandals that rocked companies in Silicon Valley and nationally, many board members are ill-prepared to deal with sexism, a new survey finds.

The Boardlist, a Bay Area company that produces an index for female board members, teamed with data analytics company Qualtrics to survey more than 600 private and public company directors to see how they planned to enact changes after repeated sexual harassment scandals in the technology industry.

The survey's findings suggest that many corporate leaders are still unprepared and unaware of issues around sexism and harassment at their companies.

Many respondents are also in denial that those issues are board-level problems, the survey findings suggest.

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This CEO Uses Her Jewish Faith as an Advantage

Fortune

By Jonathan Vanian

November 14, 2017

Sarah Hofstetter knows she may stand out from her peers in the advertising industry, but she’s using her differences as an advantage.

Speaking Monday during Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen Summit in Laguna Niguel, Calif., the CEO of digital advertising agency 360i described how her life as an observant Orthodox Jew often puts her at odds with colleagues in her field.

While most advertising executives may be wining and dining clients or hammering out a big deal on a Friday night, Hofstetter hunkers down at home, where she lights candle, drinks wine, and observes the Sabbath.

“You’re never gonna catch me working on a Saturday morning,” she said. “And just because I email you on a Saturday night, you don’t need to email me back. But those are assets.”

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Why Unmarried Women Voters Will Transform Our Country in 2018

The latest from Page Gardner at Glamour, "Why Unmarried Women Voters Will Transform Our Country in 2018," was on our radar immediately. This influential, pivotal group of U.S. citizens have the potential to make their presence known in critical ways in the coming year, as they turn out to vote for their rights and make their voices heard.

It's been a watershed year for women’s rights. While 2017 continues to be devastating for millions of women, it’s clear that many—particularly women of color, young women, and unmarried women—are poised to transform the future of our country with their voices and their votes in 2018, just as they did in Alabama, Virginia, and other elections this year.

We began 2017 with the Women’s March, the largest protest in U.S. history. We saw four new women senators sworn into office, bringing the number of women in the U.S. Congress to 105 with more than 1,800 of their women colleaguesholding seats in state legislatures.

We’ve seen the long overdue recognition of harassment and discrimination in Hollywood, Congress, journalism, and among the countless women who have been harassed by bosses and colleagues who aren’t well-known enough to be splashed across the front page of The New York Times. And we’ve seen more women than ever raise their hands and run for elected office, more than double the number of women who ran in 2016.

Two thousand and eighteen is going to be an even bigger turning point for women, especially in politics.

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