| International |
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- Commonwealth
Association for Corporate Governance (CACG)
- Principles
for Corporate Governance in the Commonwealth
Towards global competitiveness and economic
accountability, (August 1999)
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- International
Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
- Statement
on Global Corporate Governance Principles
(July 1999)
- Statement
on Stock-Based Incentive Scheme Principles,
(July 1999)
- Global
Share Voting Principles, (July 1998)
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Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD
Principles of Corporate Governance
(2004).
Business
Sector Advisory Group on Corporate Governance,
Ira Millstein Chairman. Corporate Governance:
Improving Competitiveness and Access to Capital
in Global Markets, (April 1998). |
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- Weil,
Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Overview
&
Comparison
of Board "Best Practices" in Developing and
Emerging Markets - Key Issues.
Holly J. Gregory. (August 1999)
- International
Comparison of Board "Best Practices" - Investor
Viewpoints.
Holly J. Gregory. (November 1998)
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Corporate
Governance Policies Issued by Stock Exchanges
London
Stock Exchange, Internal Control: Guidance
for Directors on the Combined Code,
Sept. 1999.
Stock
Exchange of Singapore, Press Release: "Amendments
to Listing Manual and Best Practices Guide",
May 4, 1998.
Malaysian
Exchange of Securities Dealing & Automated
Quotation Bhd, (MESDAQ), Business
and Listing Rules,
October 1997.
Stock
Exchange of Thailand, "Investor Protection and
Information".
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| India
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Report
of the Kumar Mangalam Committee on Corporate Governance.
(September
1999) |
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Confederation
of Indian Industry. Desirable Corporate Governance
in India - A Code, (April 1998). Tel. +91
11/ 462 9994, fax +91 11/ 462 6149, email ciigen.cii@axcess.net.in.
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Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement. Download from
SEBI
site
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Report
on Corporate Excellence on a sustained basis. |
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The
First Principles of Corporate Governance for PEs
in India (October, 2001) SCOPE-YCPL
Tel. +91 40 3311680/3311693, email yaga@hd1.vsnl.net.in.
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| Australia
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Investment
and Financial Services Association. A Guide
for Investment Managers and Corporations (the
"Blue Book," first issued by the Australian Investment
Managers’ Association), third edition (July 1999).
Tel. +61 2/ 9299 3022, fax +61 2/ 9299 3198. |
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Australian
Investment Managers Association. A Guide for
Investment Managers and Corporations (the
"Blue Book"), the Australian Investment
Managers’ Association (now part of the Investment
and Financial Services Association), second edition
(July 1997). Tel. +61 2/ 9299 3022, fax +61 2/
9299 3198. |
|
Bosch
Report: Corporate Practices and Conduct.
Product of Working Group composed of Australian
Institute of Company Directors, Australian Society
of Certified Practicing Accountants, Business
Council of Australia, Law Council of Australia,
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia,
and the Securities Institute of Australia, (Third
ed. 1995). Published and distributed by Woodslane
Pty Ltd, Pitman Publishing. E-mail: robertco@woodslane.com.au or
+61 (0)3 9686 0009. |
| Belgium |
|
Brussels
Stock Exchange, Belgium
Report of the Commission
on Corporate Governance
(Cardon
Report), (1998). Tel. +32 2/ 509 12 11, fax +32
2/ 509 12 12, email cid@stockexchange.be. |
|
Banking
and Finance Commission Report. 1998. Commission
Bancaire et Financière/Commissie voor het
Bank-en Financiewezen
Local download in French/Dutch (CBF-fr-nl.pdf) |
|
Federation
of Belgian Enterprises. (VBO/FEB).
Corporate
Governance - Recommendations from the Federation
of Belgian Enterprises
(1998). |
| Brazil |
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BInstituto
Brasileiro de Governanca Corporativa (IBCG), formerly
Instituto Brasileiro de Conselheiros Administracao
(IBCA), Code of Best Practice of Corporate Governance
(May 1999). |
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Brazilian
Institute of Corporate Directors. Brazilian
Code of Best Practices (Preliminary proposal,
April 1997). |
| Canada
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Toronto
Stock Exchange and Institute of Corporate Directors,
Five
Years to the Dey
(June 1999). |
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Toronto
Stock Exchange Committee on Corporate Disclosure.
Responsible Corporate Disclosure: A Search
for Balance (March 1997). |
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Toronto
Stock Exchange Committee on Corporate Governance
in Canada,Where
Were the Directors: Guidelines for Improved Corporate
Governance in Canada
(Dey Report), (December 1994). |
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Kirby
Report on the Governance Practices of Institutional
Investors. |
| Europe |
|
European
Association of Securities Dealers (EASD) Corporate
Governance Principles and Recommendations,
May 2000 |
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European
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
(EASDAQ) Rule Book.
(September 1996) |
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European
Shareholders' Association, (Feb. 2000) Euroshareholders
Corporate Governance Guidelines 2000. |
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European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Sound
Business Standards and Corporate Practices: A
Set of Guidelines (September 1997). Tel. +44
[0]171/ 338 6000, fax +44 [0]171/ 338 6100. |
| France |
|
AFG-ASFFI
Commission on Corporate Governance Recommendations
on Corporate Governance
Local download in French,
English.
(September 1999) |
|
Mouvement
des Entreprises de France (MEDEF) and Association
Francaise des Enterprises Privees (AFEP). Recommendations
of the Committee on Corporate Governance
(Viénot Report II) July 1999. Download in
English. |
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AFG
ASFFI (Association Francaise de la Gestion Financiere).
Hellebuyck Commission Recommendations sur le
Gouvernement d’Enterprise, (June 29, 1998).
Tel. +33 [0]1/ 44 94 94 00, fax +33 [0]1/ 42 65
16 31. |
|
Conseil
National du Patronat Français (CNPF) [now retitled
Mouvement des Entreprises de France] and Association
Francaise des Enterprises Privees (AFEP). The
Boards of Directors of Listed Companies in France
(Viénot Report I) July 1995. |
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Conseil
National du Patronat Français [now retitled Mouvement
des Entreprises de France] and Association Française
des Enterprises Privées, Stock Options: Mode
d’Emploi pour les Enterprises (Lévy-Lang Report)
(1995). Tel. +33 [0]1/ 40 69 45 57, fax +33
[0]1/ 47 23 47 32. |
| Germany |
|
Corporate
Governance Rules for German Quoted Companies.(Jan.
2000) German Panel on
Corporate Governance.
Local download in English,
German. |
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Deutsche
Schutzvereingung fur Werpaierbesitz. DSW Guidelines
(June 1998). Tel. +49 211/ 66 97 18, fax +49
211/ 66 97 60, email dsw@dsw-info.de. |
|
German
Ministry of Justice. Gesetz zur Kontrolle
und Transparez im Unternehmensbereich, summary
in English,
in German
(March
5, 1998). |
|
German
Ministry of Justice. Drittes
Finanzmarktförderungsgesetz (Ratified
February 1998, Bundestag, Ratified March 1998
Bundesrat). |
| Greece |
|
Principles
on Corporate Governance in Greece: Recommendations
for its Competitive Transformation Committee on
Corporate Governance in Greece (under the coordination
of the Capital Market Commission) In English (greece-engl.pdf);
in Greek (greece-gr.pdf). |
| Hong
Kong |
|
Hong
Kong Society of Accountants. New Corporate
Governance Guide on Formation of Audit Committees,
(January 1998); Second Report of the Corporate
Governance Working Group (January 1997); First
Report of the Corporate Governance Working Group
(1995). Tel. +852/ 2529 9271, fax +852/ 2865
6603. |
|
Code
of Best Practice
by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Hong Kong Stock
Exchange Listing Requirements, Volume
2,
Appendix 14. (last update Feb. 1999). |
| Ireland |
|
Irish
Association of Investment Managers. Corporate
Governance, Share Option and Other Incentive Scheme
Guidelines (March 1999). Tel. +353 1/676 1919,
fax +353 1/676 1954. |
|
Irish
Association of Investment Managers . Corporate
Governance and Incentivisation Guidelines,
(October 29,1998 consultation update of 1993-1994
texts). Tel. +353 1/676 1919, fax +353 1/676 1954. |
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Irish
Association of Investment Managers. Statement
of Best Practice on the Role and Responsibility
of Directors of Publicly Listed Companies (1991,
revised 1993). Tel. +353 1/676 1919, fax +353
1/676 1954. |
| Italy |
|
Code
of Conduct. Download from Milan Stock Exchange;
in Italian,
in English.
(October 1999) |
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Ministry
of the Italian Treasury. Report of the Draghi
Committee, Audizione Parlamentare, Prof. Mario
Draghi, Direttore Generale de Tesoro (December
10,1997). Testo
Unico Sulle Disposizioni in Materia di Intermediazione.
(February 1998), in Italian. Tel. +39 6/474 1437,
fax +39 6/487-3414. |
| Japan
|
|
Pension
Fund Association (Kosei Nenkin Kikin Rengokai)
Report of the Pension Fund Corporate Governance
Research Committee, Action Guidelines for Exercising
Voting Rights (June 1998). Tel. +81 [0]3/
3597 0673, fax +81 [0]3/ 3597 0754. |
|
Corporate
Governance Forum of Japan. Corporate
Governance Principles - A Japanese View
(Final
Report May 26, 1998). In Japanese. |
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Keidanren,
Japan Federation of Economic Organizations. Urgent
Recommendations Concerning Corporate Governance
[Keidanren
Report] (Provisional Draft September 1997). |
| Korea |
|
Committee
on Corporate Governance. Code
of Best Practice for Corporate Governance
(Sept 1999) |
| Kyrgyz
Republic |
|
Prime
Minister's office of the Kyrgyz Republic, Department
of Economic Sectors Development, Model
Charter of a Shareholding Society of Open Type
(July 1997). |
|
Working
Group on Corporate Governance, Handbook
on Best Practice - Corporate Governance in the
Kyrgyz Republic
(Draft, June 1997). |
| Malaysia |
|
Finance
Ministry, Report on Corporate Governance (March1999). |
| Mexico |
|
El
Consejo Coordinador Empresarial (CCE) y la Comision
Nacional Bacaria y de Valores (CNBV) Codigo
de Mejores Practicas Corporativa.
Voluntary Code of Corporate Governance for Mexico
by the Banking and Securities Commission (July
1999). |
| Netherlands |
|
Peters
Committee Monitoring Committee, Compliance
Report on the Peters Committee Principles,
Tilburg University (Dec. 1998). Tel. +31 20/ 550
4011, fax +31 20/ 550 4913. |
|
Peters
Committee. Corporate
Governance in the Netherlands - Forty Recommendations
(Peters Code) (June 25, 1997). |
| Portugal |
|
Securities
Exchange Commission (Comissao do Mercado
de Valores Mobiliarios - CMVM),
Corporate Governance Recommendations. English
pdf .
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(Portugese)
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| Singapore |
|
Stock
Exchange of Singapore.
Amendments to Listing Manual and Best Practices
Guide (May 4, 1998). |
| South
Africa |
|
King
Committee. The King Report on Corporate Governance.
Chapter 20, "The
Code of Corporate Practices and Conduct".
(November 29, 1994). Institute of Directors in
Southern Africa, tel. +27-11/ 643-8086, fax +27-11/
484-1416. P. O. Box 908, Parklands, 2121, South
Africa. The full report is available in hard copy
through the Institute for R150,00 including international
airmail postage. |
| Spain |
|
Círculo
de Empresarios
(Feb 1998) |
|
Código
de Buen Gobierno (Oct. 1996). Sections (one),
(two),
(three)
& (four). |
| Sweden
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Swedish
Shareholders' Association (Jan. 2000) Corporate
Governance Policy.
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The
Swedish Academy of Directors, Introduction
to a Swedish Code of Good Boardroom Practice,
(March 1994). |
| Thailand |
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The
Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), The Roles,
Duties and Responsibilities of the Directors of
Listed Companies. (1997) |
| United
Kingdom |
|
Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Internal
Control: Guidance for Directors on Combined Code.
(Sept 1999) |
|
London
Stock Exchange. Combined Code (joining the Cadbury,
Greenbury and Hampel reports) (June 1998). Purchase page. |
|
Committee
on Corporate Governance. Final
Report (Hampel
Report) (January 1998). |
|
Study
Group on Directors’ Remuneration.
Final Report (Greenbury Report) (July 1995) |
|
Cadbury
Commission, Report
of the Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate
Governance,
(December 1992). |
|
The
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales.Closing
the Communications Gap: Disclosure and Institutional
Shareholders
(April 1997) and Audit Committees: A Framework
for Assessment (May 1997), tel. +44 [0]171/
920 8624, fax +44 [0]171/ 638 6009. |
|
Myners
Committee. Developing a Winning Partnership:
How Companies and Institutional Investors are
Working Together (1995). |
|
Foundation
for Business Responsibilities. Institutional
Investors and Corporate Governance (March
1998), tel. +44 [0]1753/ 537171, fax +44 [0]1753/
820585. |
|
Royal
Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures
and Commerce. Tomorrow’s Company (June
1995). Gower, at Tel. +44 [0]1252/ 317700, fax
+44 [0]1252/ 343151. |
| United
States |
|
Report
of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving
the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees
(February 1999), |
|
National
Association of Corporate Directors. Director
Professionalism: Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon
Commission, (November 1996), and Report
of the Blue Ribbon Commission on CEO Succession
(July 1998). Email mailto:http://www.ciicentral.com. |
|
American
Bar Association, Committee on Corporate Laws,
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