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Corporate Governance: Key Docs & Codes

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Three Key Documents

The Cadbury Report
The Cadbury Committee was established in 1991 by the Financial Reporting Council, the London Stock Exchange, and the accountancy profession.

Discussions of corporate governance generally refer to principles raised the following three documents:

G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance 2015
Prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2015.
Sarbanes–Oxley Act 2002
A United State federal law, more commonly known as Sarbox or SOX.

Codes, Principles & Recommendations

Accessing the Codes
Three accessing points: index of all codes; search for a code; new additions/changes.

Maintained by ECGI, an index of some 392 Corporate Governance Codes, Principles & Recommendations from countries around the world.