diversity in publicly listed companies

The first element of formal assessment is an individual assignment. You are required to write an essay/report on the following topic:

Discuss the potential and actual benefits of boardroom diversity in publicly listed companies.

In order to be fair to all students who submit their work on time, the School’s standard penalties for late submission will apply for any assignment submitted after the deadline. Submission will be via the BART system.

The assignment must not exceed 1,000 words. This is a strict limit, but any tables, charts or diagrams, and the list of references/bibliography are excluded from this word limit. It should be prepared in Times New Roman 12 point font with 1½ line spacing. You must provide an accurate word count.

You are free to structure your answerin the way you find most logical and effective in presenting your arguments. You may adopt either an essay- or report-style presentation. In particular you should feel free to usetables, charts or diagrams where this is an effective means of conveying information. You may include introductory and concluding sections, but, if so, we would not expect these to be long.

We remind you that failure to reference where appropriate and in an acceptable way, apart from being poor practice, could also constitute an academic offence. We will take very seriously any evidence we find of plagiarism, which could have serious consequences.