# kaal:claim:3071378-029

**Claim.** Because a small group of minorities serves on a large number of boards, corporations in fact lose the diversity of viewpoints they were seeking when appointing a minority board member.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- overextended minority directors sitting on many boards

**Source quote.**

> By having a small group of minorities who serve on a large number of boards, corporations are in fact losing the diversity of viewpoints they were initially looking for in a minority board member.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America* (2017), III.3 Boards of Directors, page 20

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain Technology and Race in Corporate America (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3071378

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `125f01674d13b6bb0310c4be7a20ff538dccbc36ecf352770b3c580028387edd` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202017%20-%20Blockchain%20Technology%20and%20Race%20in%20Corporate%20America.pdf

**Failure mode.** minority-director-overextension  (family: board-and-oversight-failure)

**Topics.** corporate-governance

**Keywords.** overboarding, board-diversity, viewpoint-diversity, unintended-consequences

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