Disability, Board Diversity, and Value Creation

In 2021 the Nasdaq stock exchange pushed businesses to a new level of inclusion with its proposal to require all listed companies to have at least two diverse board members, but we were dismayed that it took such a narrow definition of who qualifies.Notably absent are persons with disabilities. In a Bloomberg op-ed, Senator Harkin and I noted why the Nasdaq approach failed to foster long-term value creation for companies and society alike.