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Corporate Governance

This guide covers many of the resources useful in researching corporate governance or corporate boards.

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CCH IntelliConnect
World-class tax and accounting information. [more]

Company Dossier
This LexisNexis database provides data on more than 35 million private and public companies in U.S. and worldwide. The Company Dossier aggregates company information and data from many sources to provide company profiles, contacts, executives, products, competitors, financials, legal Information, including intellectual property and recent company news. Create lists, compare and search by a number of options including legal counsel, auditor, geography and financials, SIC or NAICS. [more]

Conference Board, The
The Conference Board is a highly respected not-for-profit organization that conducts research on business management and trends. While they cover a broad range of business topics, they are well known for their annual reports on top-executive compensation and corporate giving. They also produce the monthly Consumer Confidence Index, a widely quoted economic indicator. Includes reports on international business as well as U.S. [more]

Morningstar Document Research (formerly 10-K Wizard)
Real-time online access and full-text search of extensive financial information for publicly traded firms. Allows users to not only view the latest SEC filings of more than 68,000 companies, but search historical filings, from the start date of each company's existence, by keyword, phrase and name. The database provides easy searching, downloading, printing of financial data, directors and executives, insider transactions, etc. The service includes real-time SEC EDGAR filings, EDGAR archives through 1994, PRE-EDGAR Historical Index (listing) of all SEC filings to 1966, regulatory documentation and more. The mass download feature allows you to obtain up to 700 filings at once. [more]

Socrates
SOCRATES is a comprehensive research database, measuring the social and environmental performance of corporations. The database contains social, environmental, and governance research on more than 4,000 companies in 50+ global markets. KLD evaluates over 3,000 U.S. corporations for social and environmental performance on more than 280 data points covering community relations, corporate governance, diversity, employee relations, human rights, products, and the environment. SOCRATES contains information about current and historical shareholder actions, including the exact text of proxy resolutions, compiled by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR). It is useful to monitor up-coming shareholder resolutions for companies in your portfolio; follow the responsiveness of companies over time to shareholder resolutions; and know the issues that active shareholders are pursuing You can generate lists of shareholder resolutions filed on a particular issue or with a company since 1998. [more]

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Books, Reference & Print Resource


Gatekeepers: The Professions and Corporate Governance
HD 2741 .C623 2006

Profits with Principles: Seven Strategies for Delivering Value with Values
HF 5387 .J2946


Relevant Journals

Corporate Board Member Magazine
Corporate Governance: An International Review
Corporate Governance Report
Corporate Governance Bulletin
Shelved by Title in Periodical Section of the Law Library


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Internet Resources & Websites

Corporate Governance & Capital Markets

Corporate Governance Net

Deloitte Corporate Governance & Accountability

Ernst & Young Corporate Governance: Encouraging Dialogue & Participation

European Corporate Governance Institute

Global Corporate Governance Forum

KPMG
Use the Search box: Use "corporate governance" as the search term

PWC Corporate Governance Publications

Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals

Trends in Corporate Governance

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