I was reading this insightful observation noted by Perkins Coie’s Allison Handy and felt it was yet one more reason to be as transparent as possible: “One observation from the article is worth noting for both Nasdaq-listed companies and those listed on other exchanges – the format of the diversity disclosure really matters to the usefulness of the information.
The authors note that companies that do not use the mandated format – which provides for numerical data points in different categories, without identifying which directors are included in which numbers – were excluded from the analysis. The reason given was that data tabulation was much more difficult with non-standard disclosures.”
Recently, I blogged about how fear and greed are two good reasons to be transparent. But another good reason to be transparent is to be able to easily illustrate how you’ve complied with applicable legal requirements.
