Independent Leading Corporate Governance Research

Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

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Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>The cause of the lower female managerial positions behind gender wage gap is clear, but even proposed amendment to the Act seem to be a detour to solve the problem.</li>
<li>What hasn't worked 40 years after the Equal Employment Opportunity Law is that there're no penalties and the environment has always been one in which it's permissible not to achieve.</li>
<li>Effort goals are cozy for both the government, which can feel sense of doing by launching effort goals, and companies that will not be blamed if they don't achieve them.</li>
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The cause of the lower female managerial positions behind gender wage gap is clear, but even proposed amendment to the Act seem to be a detour to solve the problem.
What hasn't worked 40 years after the Equal Employment Opportunity Law is that there're no penalties and the environment has always been one in which it's permissible not to achieve.
Effort goals are cozy for both the government, which can feel sense of doing by launching effort goals, and companies that will not be blamed if they don't achieve them.


Effort Goals Are Cozy for Both the Government and the Company

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Effort Goals Are Cozy for Both the Government and the Company