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Corporate Governance

This guide, while not comprehensive, provides a listing of the more important, current and relevant materials available in the area of corporate governance.

Treatises and Monographs

Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards by AICPA
Call Number: HF 5667 .A494 2008
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Corporate Director's Guidebook (8th ed. 2024) by ABA
Call Number: KF 1423 .C67 2024
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For current and best practices.
Corporate Governance : Promises Kept, Promises Broken by Jonathan R. Macey.
Call Number: HD 2741 .M223 2008
2nd Floor
For an overview with a definite point of view.
Corporate Governance Matters : A Closer Look at Organizational Choices and Their Consequences by David Larcker, Brian Tayan
Call Number: HD 2741 .L3153 2011
2nd Floor
Also access online via O'Reilly Learning Platform.
Addresses key issues ranging from strategic oversight to risk management, succession planning to compensation.
Fundamentals of Corporate Governance : A Guide for Directors and Corporate Counsel by Gregory V. Varallo, Daniel A. Dreisbach, Blake Rohrbacher.
Call Number: KF 1422 .V37 2009
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The New Corporate Governance in Theory and Practice by Stephen M. Bainbridge
Call Number: KF 1422 .B35 2008
Basement
An overview offering another definite point of view.
Public Company Deskbook: Complying with Federal Governance & Disclosure Requirements (3d ed.) by Robert E. Buckholz, Jr., Marc R. Treviño, Glen T. Schleyer, Benjamin H Weiner
Call Number: eBook
Available in PLI Plus via above link.
An excellent exposition of Sarbanes-Oxley and other federal corporate governance requirements.