National Association of Corporate Directors – National Website

NACD Publications
NACD Membership Application Form
National Association of Corporate Directors
NACD Bookstore
Houston Chapter Business Plan

Accounting

• British Accounting Association Corporate Governance Special Interest Group

Audit Committees

Benefits/Compensation

• American Benefits Council
• American Compensation Association
• Benefits-L: Rich ard Hannah
• ERI Economic Research Institute - Salary Survey Data
• Employee Benefit Research Institute
• Paywatch (AFL-CIO)
• Pension Solutions

Boards and Officers

• American Association of Bank Directors
• The American Society of Corporate Secretaries
• Board Governance Responsibilities Checklist (TDC Consulting)
• Boardroom INSIDER
• Boardsource.org
• Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries
• Carver Policy Governance Model
• CCBN (Corporate Communications Broadcast Network)
• Directorship
• The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)
• Management Library
• National Association of Corporate Directors
• National Center for Nonprofit Boards
• New Directions
• Shareholder.com
• Toolkit for Boards
• Volunteer Consulting Group

Books

• Amazon.com Books

Corporate Governance Centers

• Academy of Corporate Governance ( India)
• Center for Corporate Governance (John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, Lerner College of Business & Economics, University of Delaware
• Centre for Corporate Governance Research, University of Birmingham, UK
• Center for the Study of Fiduciary Capitalism, St. Mary's College of California in Moraga, co-founded by Professors James P. Hawley and Andrew T. Williams
• Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting Centre (National University of Singapore)
• Corporate Governance Initiative (Harvard)
• Corporate Governance Institute (San Diego State University)
• Corporate Governance Japan
• The Corporate Library
• European Centre for Governance and Risk at Bournemouth University, UK
• European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
• Global Corporate Governance Forum (World Bank)
• Institute of Corporate Law and Corporate Governance (Russia)
• Institute for International Corporate Governance and Accountabilityat the George Washington University Law School. Formulates policy reforms for the business community to facilitate global justice and corporate responsibility.
• Kennesaw State College Corporate Governance Center

Corporate Governance Networks/Resources

• Asian Corporate Governance Association
• The Corporate Library
• Corporate Governance Encyclopedia
• Corporate Governance NETWork
• Corporate Governance in Russia: a joint project of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the Investor Protection Association (IPA)
• Danish Corporate Governance Network (DCGN)
• International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
• IT Governance Institute
• ProxyMatters.com: research and discuss pending proxy votes

• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
• TheCorporateCounsel.net
• GreatGovernance.com
• ACCA Corporate and Securities Committee

Government

• Antitrust Division of Department of Justice
• California Law Revision Commission
• Federal Reserve System
• Federal Trade Commission
• Fedworld Information Network
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
• Securities and Exchange Commission, Enforcement Complaint Center
• EDGAR Database of Corporate Information
• General Rules and Regulations for Electronic Filings
• EDGAR Online
• LIVEDGAR
• Thomas: Legislative Information: U.S. Congress on the Internet
• U.S. Business Advisor

Individual Investors

• American Association of Individual Investors
• Informed Investors Forum
• Investor Protection Trust
• Motley Fool
• The Online Investor

International Corporate Governance

• Asian Corporate Governance Association
• Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Canadian Council of Chief Executives
• Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
• Conference Board of Canada
• Corporate Social Responsibility Europe
• Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd (CRISIL) and Governance and Value Creation Ratings
• Daiwa Corporate Information Bank
• Danish Corporate Governance Network (DCGN)
• Davis Global Advisors
• European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
• European Federation of Employee Ownership
• Federation of Employed Shareholders
• International Accounting Standards Committee (British)
• International Compliance Association: supports/educates compliance professionals in the fight against corruption and financial crime.
• International Co-operatie Alliance (ICA)
• The International Chamber of Commerce
• International Organization of Securities Commissions
• Kiedanren (Japan)
• Manifest (UK) Proxy Voting and Corporate Governance Analysis
• Pension Investment Research Consultants (British)
• Polish Forum for Corporate Governance (PFCG)
• PROXINVEST: (France)
• World Bank Corporate Governance (Forum)
• The World Trade Organization
• For Boards, Officers and Secretaries see Boards

Law

• American Bar Association
• American Law Institute
• American Lawyer Media
• California Law
• Center for Corporate Law: securities laws and regulations: University of Cincinnati College of Law
• Corporate Law
• Corporate Legal Counsel
• Counsel Connect
• Hieros Gamos: Comprehensive Site to the Legal Profession
• Internet Legal Resource Guide
• Jeffrey R. Kuester's list of resources
• Law and Economics
• Legal Domain Network
• Legal Information Institute
• Law and Politics: Internet Guide - comprehensive source for legal research; not much on politics
• The Maine Lawyers' Network: Securities Law
• Practicing Law Institute
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Sarbanes-Oxley News     
• Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
• Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance
• U.S. Codes
• U.S. Supreme Court Decisions
• U.S. Tax Code

Legal Services

• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
• Foster Pepper & Shefelman
• McKinlay Douglas Limited
• Oslerr, Hoskin and Harcourt
• Yake & Associates

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Pointers to the World of Mergers and Acquisitions

Mutual Funds

• Fund Alarm and Discussion Board on mutual fund issues
• Fund Democracy, started by Former SEC attorney, Mercer Bullard
• The Internet Closed-End Fund Investor and the ICEFI Closed-End Funds Discussion Forum
• Investor Guide Mutual Funds Research
• Investment Company Institute
• Links to Mutual Fund Websites
• Mutual Fund Investor's Center
• Mutual Funds Magazine Online
• Mutual Fund Market News

Professional Associations

• The American Society of Corporate Secretaries
• Association for Investment Management and Research
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association
• The Institute of Internal Auditors
• Investment Management Consultants Association
• National Association of Corporate Directors
• National Association of Public Pension Fund Attorneys
• National Institute of Pension Administrators
• National Investor Relations Institute
• New York Society of Security Analysts
• Securities Industry Association (SIA)

Proxy Voting/Monitoring

Public Interest Groups and Research Centers

• The Brookings Institution: Corporations and Human Capital
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): National Commission on Retirement Policy
• Coalition for Retirement Security (helping retirees win COLAs)
• Competitiveness Policy Council
• The Conference Board
• The Conference Board of Canada
• Consumer Federation of America (click Finance, then Investing)
• Corporate Watch
• Council on Competitiveness
• Economic Policy Institute
• Ending Corporate Governance
• GuideStar: information on nonprofits
• Hudson Institute
• Institute for Fiduciary Education: Robert A. Toigo Foundation
• Ludwig von Mises Institute
• National Center for Employee Ownership
• National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems
• Public Retirement Institute
• Soros Foundations Network
• Team Production: provides a guide to the publications of Dr. Margaret Blair, Professor Lynn Stout, and others. The Team Production model of corporate governance counters the "shareholder primacy" response to recent corporate fraud and failures with a view of the corporation as a "team," whose members may include employees, creditors, consumers, and others, in addition to shareholders.
• Transparency International and their "Corruption Perception Index"
• Women's Business Center (Developing Your Boardroom Skills)

Ratings (Corporate Governance)

• GovernanceMetrics International. Bills itself as the "world’s first global corporate governance ratings agency." Weighs more than 600 variables, including environmental, workplace safety, and earnings management.
• IRRC: announced plans for a strategic partnership with TrueCourse, Inc. to provide an objective corporate governance product that provides value-added analysis based on clearly identified factors considered relevant to the "health" of a corporation.
• Moody's Investors Service is overhauling the corporate governance assessment in its existing ratings. The firm hired Kenneth Bertsch to serve as director of corporate governance, a position he held at TIAA-CREF.
• Standard & Poor's: Governance Services offers a range of products and services to evaluate the corporate governance standards of individual companies around the world. The Corporate Governance Score assesses companies' corporate governance performance for investors. The Corporate Governance Evaluation Service confidentially diagnoses corporate governance for companies. The Corporate Governance Customized Research tailors research for investors, companies, regulators, or other organizations.

Shareholder Action Groups

• Corporate Mointoring Project
• Equality Project on Sexual Orientation
• FOE Guidebook
• Northwest Corporate Accountability Project

Socially Responsible Business/Investments

• Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia
• Business for Social Responsibility
• Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
• Corporate Social Responsibility Europe: a business-driven membership network helping companies combine profitability and sustainability
• CorpWatch
• Ethical Corporation magazine
• EthicsWeb and Creating a Code of Ethics for Your Organization
• European Business Network for Social Cohesion
• Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
• International Corporate Environmental Reporting Site

Women and Corporate Governance

• Board of Directors Network, Inc.
• Business Women's Network
• Catalyst