» Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Resources
Here are some important links to research, articles, resources and organizations we think you will find helpful to gain a more thorough understanding of corporate governance best practices.
We’ve organized these links by topics to better assist your research needs:
Corporate Governance
Global Proxy Watch
Global Proxy Watch tracks shareowner activism across borders and initiatives by companies, governments and stock exchanges to reform or block corporate governance.
Directorship Magazine
Directorship is the leading magazine for today's corporate officers and board directors, as well as the various constituencies that support them. Directorship magazine provides the most up to date insights into corporate governance and identifies the latest in committee best practices, regulatory changes, board and management relations, enterprise risk management, and compensation strategy.
Corporate Board Member
Corporate Board Member magazine is an information resource for senior officers and directors of publicly traded corporations, top private companies, and Global 1000 firms. Published quarterly, each issue provides readers with decision-making tools to help them deal with the challenges confronting their boards.
TheCorporateCounsel.net
Now in its seventh year, TheCorporateCounsel.net blog contains several items daily that parse the latest governance and compliance developments.
National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)
Founded in 1977, NACD is a national non-profit membership organization dedicated exclusively to serving the corporate governance needs of corporate boards and individual board members. NACD's 10,000 members represent the boards of companies ranging from Fortune 100 to smaller public companies, private companies, and not-for-profit organizations.
International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
The ICGN is a loosely organized network that provides investors, companies, academics, and finance experts with a forum for expressing ideas regarding global corporate governance practices.
Governance Publishing
Governance is an international monthly newsletter on issues of corporate governance, boardroom performance and shareholder activism.
Change Leaders, Inc.
www.change-leaders.com, +1 212 661 0212, CEO Coaching, Board Development, Executive Coaching
Corporate Governance
Maintained by James McRitchie, this web site is designed to educate the public on corporate governance and contains fairly comprehensive sources regarding corporate governance.
World Bank
The World Bank site offers best practice public policy advice for private sector led growth in developing countries.
EthicsWorld
The think tank on the web for ethics, governance, and anti-corruption. A global forum for news, views, ideas, research findings, and policy perspectives, fromcorporate social responsibility to the ethics of governments, non-governmental institutions, and the media.
European Corporate Governance Service (ECGS)
The ECGS is an alliance of the leading corporate governance research and advisory groups in Europe.
Davis Global Advisors, Inc.
Davis Global Advisors (DGA) is an independent, privately-owned consulting firm specializing in global corporate governance.
The Corporate Monitoring Project
The Corporate Monitoring Project seeks to develop an independent entity (the Corporate Monitoring Firm) that shareholders can turn to in nominating and evaluating directors of large corporations.
Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC)
The Investor Responsibility Research Center's (IRRC) mission is to provide impartial research on issues of corporate governance, shareholding, and other social issues worldwide.
Shareholder Resolutions Guide
Published by the Northwest Corporate Accountability Project, the Shareholder Resolutions Guide is a step-by-step guide through the shareholder resolution.
Convivium
Convivium is a London-based consultancy focused on helping companies achieve better board and executive performance.
VIP - Association of Institutional Shareholders
VIP offers proxy services in Germany and Europe. International and German investors cast their votes of European Companies through VIP.
Nestor Advisors Ltd
Nestor Advisors Ltd, a London-based consultancy, is among the first to focus exclusively on corporate governance advice to corporations and other institutional clients.
Social Investing
CERES
A non-profit coalition investors, public pension funds, foundations, labor unions, and environmental, religious and public interest groups working towards corporate environmental responsibility.
Confronting Companies Using Shareholder Power: A Handbook on Socially-Oriented Shareholder Activism
Friends of the Earth is an international environmental advocacy network committed to the preservation of the planet's health and diversity for future generations.
Domini Social Investments
The leading socially responsible investing firm, whose web site has pioneered full public disclosure of their own proxy voting practices.
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) is a global organization that helps member companies achieve success in ways that respect ethical values, people, communities and the environment.
SocialFunds.com
SocialFunds.com offers complete coverage of socially responsible investing, including mutual funds, community investment, shareholder action, and corporate social responsibility.
The Social Investment Forum
The Social Investment Forum is a "national nonprofit membership organization promoting the concept, practice and growth of socially responsible investing."
Social Investment Organization (SIO)
This Canadian website is managed and owned by the Social Investment Organization, the country's non-profit resource association for responsible investment.
SustainAbility
SustainAbility is a for-profit organisation whose core business is international strategic management consultancy.
UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF)
The UK Social Investment Forum (UKSIF) promotes and encourages socially responsible investment in the UK.
OneWorld.net
The OneWorld network spans five continents and produces content in 11 different languages, published across its international site, regional editions, and thematic channels.
Executive Compensation
CompensationStandards.com
CompensationStandards.com provides tools and practical guidance to boards and their advisors regarding responsible executive compensation practices.
Executive Pay Watch (AFL-CIO)
Executive Pay Watch is a site, sponsored by the AFL-CIO, whose purpose is to educate and inform the lay person on the issue of excessive executive compensation.
Pearl Meyer & Partners
Pearl Meyer & Partners are executive compensation consultants, specializing in creating pay programs for senior level executives and advising Compensation Committees and Boards of Directors.
Russell Reynolds Associates
Russell Reynolds Associates is one of the world's leading providers of executive recruiting services. Firm employs 300 recruiting professionals working in 33 wholly owned offices around the world.
Towers Perrin Services - Executive Compensation
Towers Perrin's executive compensation division of their advisory services company, provides global clients with advice on all aspects of executive and non-employee director compensation programs.
WorldatWork
WorldatWork is a not-for-profit association made up of human resources professionals who design and manage employee compensation and benefit programs.
Accounting
British Accounting Association Corporate Governance Special Interest Group
The British Accounting Association Corporate Governance Special Interest Group (CGSIG) was formed to encourage scholarship, research and teaching in the field of Corporate Governance.
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
The Financial Accounting Standards Board is "an independent organization responsible for establishing and improving upon the standards of financial accounting and reporting" within the private sector.
Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is the UK's independent regulator for corporate reporting and governance.
AccountingWEB
AccountingWEB is an online community built for the accounting profession. Site offers a variety of services and products for the accounting community.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
With more than 330,000 members, the AICPA is the premier national professional association for CPAs in the United States.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization of 182 countries, established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability and to foster economic growth.
Baruch Lev
Home page of Baruch Lev, Professor of Accounting and Finance at NYU's Stern School of Business, the Director of the Vincent C. Ross Institute for Accounting Research and the Project for Research on Intangibles.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) is the largest professional accountancy body in Europe.
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