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Split CEO/Chair Roles: The Gateway to Good Governance?
Kerry Clare
May 2009
CCBE data shows that split Chair and CEO roles are more highly correlated with good governance than any other metric tracked in the Board Shareholder Confidence Index. As split roles become commonplace in Canadian corporations, will U.S. firms follow suit?
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2006 Report on Corporate Governance in Canada
Timothy J. Rowley and David Comrie
Published by the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness, Toronto, ON, 2007 [8p.]
CCBE has been rating corporate governance practices on the S&P/TSX Index since 2002. Numerous positive changes have been observed over time, but this report demonstrates that room for improvement remains.
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Elite Director Case Study: Peter Godsoe and Dual Class
Timothy J. Rowley and David Comrie
Published by the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness, Toronto, ON, 2007 [19p.]
In 2004, CCBE found that a small group of Directors were highly sought after by Canadian boards and that these individuals appeared to be driving positive change. This study shows a trend in which these “Elite Directors’” advances towards best practices are being impaired by dual-share class structures.
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The 2006 Elite Canadian Directors Continue to Drive Governance Improvement
Timothy J. Rowley and David Comrie
Published by the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness, Toronto, ON, 2007 [16p.]
This presentation is an update of CCBE’s 2004 report, in which a group of Elite Directors were found to be driving best practices in the boardroom.
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Canada’s Corporate Elite: The Gatekeepers of Good Governance
Timothy J. Rowley and Matt Fullbrook
Published by the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness, Toronto, ON, 2004 [24p.]
Of the nearly 1700 Directors on the S&P/TSX Composite Index, a small group of individuals sit on five or more boards. The companies represented by these Elite Directors have thus come to form a network which has raised governance practices standards for the rest of the Composite. Drawing on three years of CCBE’s governance research, this presentation shows that the Corporate Elite are a positive driving force in Canadian corporate governance.
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Research in Stakeholder Theory, 1997-1998: The Sloan Foundation Minigrant Project
Edited by Jeanne M. Logsdon, Donna J. Wood, and Lee E. Benson.
Published by the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics, Toronto, ON, 2000. ISBN 0-7727-8610-0 (paper). [153 p.]
Of interest to researchers of corporate social responsibility and the role of the corporation in society, this volume summarizes diverse research projects in stakeholder theory. The research issues from the Redefining the Corporation project begun by stakeholder theory pioneers, Max Clarkson (University of Toronto), Lee Preston (University of Maryland), and Tom Donaldson (University of Pennsylvania).
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Principles of Stakeholder Management
Published by the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics, Toronto, ON, 1999. ISBN 0-7727-8609-7 (paper). [59 p.]
Frequently used as a text supplement in MBA, Executive MBA, and Global MBA programs, Principles of Stakeholder Management explores the stakeholder concept and codes of conduct for global business. The guidelines presented will enhance managers’ awareness of their diverse constituencies, contributing to the long-term survival and success of their firms.
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The Corporation and Its Stakeholders: Classic and Contemporary Readings Edited by Max B.E. Clarkson.
Published by the University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, 1998. ISBN 0-8020-4300-3 (cloth); ISBN 0-8020-8127-4 (paper). [363 p.]
This anthology is designed to sharpen the debate about the role and purpose of the corporation in society through the provision of seminal articles on the concept of stakeholders and the recognition, and the integration of stakeholder interests into the decision-making process. It provides a theoretical base for managerial action, and will assist researchers in planning further studies to shed light on the issues involved.
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