Accounting and Audit (Big 4)

Deloitte - Center for Corporate Governance offers a number of resources for executives, directors, and others who are active in governance. Check out their monthly hot topics newsletter that provides information for boards of directors and their committees.

Ernst & Young – Governance and Reporting covers relevant information about companies, transactions, markets and risks.

KPMG – Audit Committee Institute serves as a resource for audit committee members and senior management.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers – Corporate Governance helps boards and audit committees sharpen their focus on their primary responsibilities.

Accounting and Audit

Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) was created to serve investors, public company auditors and the markets. The CAQ's mission is to foster confidence in the audit process and to aid investors and the capital markets.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) is the national, professional organization for all Certified Public Accountants.

Alumni Association: Women on Corporate Boards Initiative

Stanford Business School Alumni Association: Women on Corporate Boards Initiative's goal is to increase the representation of women on boards.

Research Highlights
Read a selected bibliography of academic studies and their relevant research findings spanning several decades related to women on boards and gender diversity issues. This is an informational  resource for women sitting on boards of directors. Available to alumni and students only, log in required.

• Women on Corporate Boards & Gender Diversity - Bibliography of Academic Papers and Summary Findings by Professor Charles O'Reilly, III This bibliography contains a summary review of academic paper findings related to Women on Boards and Gender Diversity issues. Details
• Women on Corporate Boards & Gender Diversity - Supplemental Bibliography of Academic Papers and Summary Findings by Professor David F. Larcker This is a supplemental bibliography to that of Professor Charles O'Reilly. It contains a summary review of additional academic paper findings related to Women on Boards and Gender Diversity issues. Details

Board of Directors

AgendaWeek is a weekly newsletter that gives readers a glimpse into the most relevant issues hitting corporate boardrooms across the country.

Bank Director's Desktop A Federal Reserve Resource

Board Analyst® is the core platform for The Corporate Library and is an extensive source of corporate governance research and executive compensation data.

Board Source is dedicated to advancing the public good by building exceptional nonprofit boards and inspiring board service.

Corporate Board Member is an information resource for senior officers and directors of publicly traded corporations, top private companies, and Global 1000 firms.

Directors & Boards is a quarterly journal dedicated to the topics of leadership and corporate governance. Relevant for board chairperson, CEOs, senior management, corporate board members and board advisers.

Directorship targets the boardroom community which includes corporate directors, chief executives and C-suite officers, governance professionals, regulators, public officials, and institutional shareholders.

Heidrick & Struggles is a provider of senior-level executive search and leadership consulting services, including talent management, board building, executive on-boarding and M&A effectiveness.

ISS Corporate Services partners with compensation consultants, law firms, and solicitors to help corporate issuers with their corporate governance needs. We have strategic alliances with top consulting firms to help our partners and their clients model executive compensation, review shareholder rights plans and review changes in capital structure.

National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) is a national non-profit membership organization dedicated exclusively to serving the corporate governance needs of corporate boards and individual board members. Produce Directors Daily, a daily news briefing.

The American Society of Corporate Secretaries has over 3,800 members representing approximately 2,600 companies. Its members deal with public disclosure under the securities laws and matters affecting corporate governance.

Spencer Stuart (Boards & Governance) Founded in 1956 and privately owned, Spencer Stuart is one of the world's leading executive search consulting firms.

Board Diversity

Catalyst is a nonprofit membership organization working globally with businesses and the professions to build inclusive workplaces and expand opportunities for women and business.

The Board of Directors Network is an organization of women and men representing boards of directors, corporations, government agencies, academia, the legal and financial professions, not-for-profit organizations, and the media seeking to influence public companies to further the advancement of women in the boardroom and executive suites.

Blogs and Forums

AAO Weblog The Analyst's Accounting Observer blog is published by Jack Ciesielski. The blog addresses accounting issues and news topics related to investment and finance (public blog version).

Equilar's CEO Blog provides insights on executive compensation trends.

HLS Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Harvard Law School forum on corporate governance and financial regulation.

Securities Mosaic Blogwatch The SM Blogwatch publishes blog posts from dozens of the leading experts on securities and financial law and regulation.

TheCorporateCounsel.net Blog provides coverage of governance and regulatory compliance issues.

Compensation

CompensationStandards.com is a resource for executive compensation practices.

Compensia is a management consulting firm providing executive compensation advisory services to compensation committees and senior management of knowledge-based companies.

Equilar Inc. is an executive compensation research firm.

Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. is an independent firm providing consulting assistance to corporations in order to develop compensation programs for senior executives, key employees, and board of directors. Are a leading advisor to Board Compensation Committees, with specific expertise in incentive plan design and insight into external trends and developments.

Hewitt Associates LLC provides HR consulting and outsourcing services. Provides advice on executive compensation and governance issues.

The Conference Board Inc. operates as a global independent membership organization working in the public interest. It publishes information and analysis, makes economics-based forecasts and assesses trends, and facilitates learning by creating dynamic communities of interest that bring together senior executives from around the world.

Corporate Governance

CorpGov.net is published by James McRitchie. Provides comprehensive News, links, commentary, corporate governance definitions and advocacy geared to the active investor.

Davis Polk Briefings: Governance collects real-time observations and opinions from senior Davis Polk lawyers on corporate governance, securities law compliance and executive compensation developments and trends. This site is a companion to the more substantive memoranda and updates that Davis Polk regularly publishes and that are available on the corporate governance practice page of Davis Polk’s public website.

Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals was founded in 1946 as the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, has over 3,100 members representing approximately 2,500 companies.

The Corporate Governance Daily is a recap of corporate governance twitter feed postings by many different organizations and people in the governance arena and is published daily by Alex Todd.

GovernanceMetrics International is one of the leading independent sources for U.S. and Canadian corporate governance and executive & director compensation information and analysis.

Corporate Information

Lead411 takes a closer look at corporate hierarchies.

LexisNexis Corporate Structure Corporate Affiliations offers insight on nearly 700,000 parent and subsidiary businesses worldwide, and has recently expanded coverage to include additional in-depth details on directors, executives and their professional interactions.

Public Companies from Bloomberg provides information by sector and location.

Entity Management & Corporate Governance

CT Corporation’s entity management solutions help corporations and law firms follow best practices.

Financial Regulation

Center For The Study Of Financial Regulation at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. The Center for the Study of Financial Regulation has been created to encourage rigorous study of the economics of financial regulation.

Forensic Accounting

ForensicAccounting.net is dedicated to the exploration and illumination of this exciting field.

Governance Risk and Compliance

Corporate Secretary magazine has successfully met the needs of corporate secretaries, general counsel and governance professionals in North America. It reports the relevant news, offers analysis of and comment on topical issues, provides in-depth feature articles on regulatory and other developments, and offers practical solutions to tricky problems.

Corporate Compliance Insights is a knowledge-sharing forum designed to educate and encourage informed interaction within the corporate compliance community. Provide regular updates of important news events in the world of governance, risk, and compliance.

Governance Ratings and Proxy Voting Advisory Services

The Altman Group provides proxy solicitation, corporate governance consulting, and bankruptcy balloting services.

Egan-Jones Proxy Services provides proxy proposal research and voting recommendations.

Glass Lewis & Co. provides governance analysis and proxy voting guidance.

GovernanceMetrics International is a corporate governance ratings agency.

ProxyDemocracy is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to making proxy voting a more effective way of holding public corporations accountable to their shareholders and society.

GovernanceMetrics International  provides corporate governance research, ratings and investment risk analysis.

Government Regulation

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (”FCIC” or “Commission”), was created by Congress as section 5 of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, which became law on May 20, 2009. The bipartisan Commission is charged with examining the domestic and global causes of the current U.S. financial and economic crisis. The Commission has a broad investigatory mandate.

United States Department of Justice (DOJ) enforces the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) introduced major changes to the regulation of financial practice and corporate governance.

Index of Global Codes of Corporate Governance

European Corporate Governance Institute provides an index of global codes of corporate governance. The ECGI is an international scientific non-profit association that provides a forum for debate and dialogue between academics, legislators and practitioners, focusing on major corporate governance issues.

Investor Relations

National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) is the professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts and other financial community constituents.

Securities Class Actions

Securities Class Action Clearinghouse Stanford Law School in cooperation with Cornerstone Research provide detailed information relating to the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation.

Stakeholders

AFL-CIO The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is a voluntary federation of 57 national and international labor unions.

CalPERS-Corporate Governance (California Public Employees' Retirement System) seeks corporate reforms to protect investments.

CalSTRS (California State Teachers' Retirement System) is the largest U.S. teachers' retirement fund and the second largest U.S. public pension fund.

Council of Institutional Investors is a nonprofit association of public, union and corporate pension funds with combined assets that exceed $3 trillion. Member funds are major long-term shareowners with a duty to protect the retirement assets of millions of American workers.

Florida State Board of Administration (SBA) manages, invests and safeguards assets of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund and other funds for the State of Florida and local governments.

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is the oldest international organization devoted to investor protection.

TIAA-CREF is a nearly $400 billion full-service financial services group of companies that has dedicated itself to helping those in the academic, medical, cultural, and research fields for over 90 years.

Stock Exchanges

NASDAQ is the world's first and largest (US) electronic stock market.

• Listing information

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States.

New York Stock Exchange Euronext (NYSE) operates one of the world's largest exchange groups and offers a diverse array of financial products and services.

• NYSE Regulation: Corporate Governance Listing Standards