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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Corporate governance encompasses the practices, principles and values that guide a company and its business. The corporate governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the organization, such as the Board, managers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and spells out the rules and procedures for making decisions on corporate affairs. An important concern of corporate governance is the nature and extent of accountability of particular individuals in the organization. Due to the scandal and collapse of several US corporations, including Enron and WorldCom, in 2001, the US federal government passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, intending to restore public confidence in corporate governance.

• Governance Magazine -- in the UK.
• Directors and Boards magazine
• Corporate Board Member -- Magazine for directors of public companies. Some articles on shareholder relations.
• Conference Board and "Across The Board" Magazine
• Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) -- "Corporate Proxy Resource" and "Corporate Governance Bulletin" subscriptions.
• CCH Wallstreet -- "The Securities Compliance Network ". Offers automated and customized tools to address written supervisory procedures, licensing exam preparations, and corporate governance to help you with compliance. Has a lot of good, free, headlines.

• Corporate Governance Network
• National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)
• Corporate Directors Forum
• International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
• European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
• European Corporate Governance Service (ECGS)
• IFC Global Corporate Governance Forum
• The Institute of Internal Auditors(IIA)
• Council of Institutional Investors (CII)