For Michelle Leder's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Women account for nearly 14% of all named executive officers at Russell 3000 companies, up 60% over the past decade, according to Equilar Inc. But that’s still a small number.
What now gets disclosed is often subject to manipulation, presumably to make the numbers look better.
Transactions with related parties, which include both relatives of and entities controlled by company insiders, have a long and checkered history.
