Corporate Governance: Useful Links

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An index of publications on Canadian research and activities in the area of business ethics including CSR, governance, sustainability, SRI, etc. Some articles and reports relate to specific company practice. Provides access to full text documents and links to websites where documents can be accessed. CBERN members, partners, and CBERN student research assistants all contribute to CBERN’s e-Library.

Perspectives articles discuss matters of importance in the corporate governance environment. They are featured in each issue of Corporate Governance Monthly, a newsletter with the latest information for boards of directors and their committees from the Centre for Corporate Governance website.

Ernest and Young's insights into latest trends in governance and reporting.

See the latest research from the ECGI published in the ECGI Finance Working Paper series.

Canadian focused governance resources, governance practices and more. Need to create a new account to access news & publication section.

Publications contain the following: flagship reports, series, policy briefs, and meeting documentation. Also look under Other for a wide range of data collected from national and international sources.

Non-members must contact them to request copies of discussion papers. Publications are divided into the following categories: discussion documents, reports, surveys, and yearbooks.

The NACD Resource Centers is a vast repository of reports, annual surveys, articles, whitepapers, handbooks, key recommendations, templates, and tools—all focused on governance and board leadership.

Policymakers and regulators are focused on changes to corporate governance practices to enhance board transparency, increase director accountability, and give greater voice to shareholders over critical boardroom decisions. PwC shares its perspective on these and other important governance issues.

Working papers and articles by the World Bank on the topic of governance.

Founded in 1999, CSRwire is a digital media platform for the latest news, views and reports in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability.

Annual survey of over 1000 CEOs around the world. Sustainability is one of the key findings from the latest survey.

Includes an implementation guide, toolkit, SME sustainability roadmap, international CSR standards, supportive information and links.

One of Canada's top legal firm, refer to the "knowledge" tab to see bulletins, reference and industry guide, trends and insights, and multimedia.

A comprehensive review of annual meetings, shareholder initiatives, and proxy contests, includes summaries of corporate governance proposals, voting results, and total outstanding shares for the proposals.

A listing of companies that were prosecuted by the Ontario Ministry of Labour for violating the Employment Standards Act. Not a company ranking in the usual sense ... but certainly a list of companies with ethical problems.

A search engine on corporate misconduct, covering banking, consumer protection, false claims, environmental, health, safety, price-fixing and bribery cases initiated by 30 federal regulatory agencies and the Justice Department since 2010. It is produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First.

American, and for a very particular purpose: it is a listing of "companies with histories of misconduct such as contract fraud and environmental, ethics, and labor violations" to which the US government has awarded contracts. It is run by the Project On Government Oversight, "a nonpartisan independent watchdog that champions good government reforms. POGO’s investigations into corruption, misconduct, and conflicts of interest achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government."