Sunday, November 21, 2004

National Governance Codes and Reports

Australia:
ASX Corporate Governance Council
Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Best Practice Recommendations
March 2003

Austria:
Code of Corporate Governance as amended
January, 2006
Code of Corporate Governance as amended
Februry, 2005
Austrian Code of Corporate Governance
November, 2002

Bangladesh:
Corporate Governance Codes and Principles in Bangladesh
March 2004

Belgium:
Belgium Code on Corporate Governance
December, 2004

Brazil:
Code of Best Practice of Corporate Governance
May, 1999

Canada:
Corporate Governance: A guide to good disclosure
December, 2003

China:
The Code of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies in China
January, 2001

Cyprus:
Corporate Governance Code
September, 2002

Czech Republic:
Revised Corporate Governance Code (Based on OECD Principles)
February, 2001

Denmark:
Report on Corporate Governance in Denmark
December, 2003

Egypt:

Egypt Code of Corporate Governance - Guidelines and Standards (English)
Egypt Code of Corporate Governance - Guidelines and Standards (Arabic)
October, 2005

Finland:

Corporate Governance Recommendations for Listed Companies
December, 2003

France:

The Corporate Governance of Listed Corporations
October, 2003

General:

Commonwealth:
Corporate Governance Codes and Principles in Commonwealth
November, 1999

Pan-European:
European Association of Securities Dealers (EASD) Principles and Recommendations
May, 2000

Latin America:
Latin American Corporate Governance White Paper (English)
Latin American Corporate Governance White Paper (Español)
Latin American Corporate Governance White Paper (Portuguese)
2003

OECD:
Improving corporate governance standards: the work of the OECD and the Principles
2004

Principles of Corporate Governance (English)
Principles of Corporate Governance (French)
April, 2004

Corporate Governance in Eurasia: A Comparative Overview
2004

World:
ICGN Statement on Global Corporate Governance Principles
July, 1999

Germany:

Corporate Governance Codes and Principles in Germany
February, 2002

Corporate Governance Codes and Principles in Germany website
February, 2002

German Code of Corporate Governance (GCCG)
June, 2000

Greece:

Principles of Corporate Governance (in Greek)
July, 2001

Hongkong:
Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Companies: Basic Principles
June, 2001

Corporate Governance Disclosure in Annual Reports
March, 2001

Code of Best Practice
February, 1999

Hungary:

Corporate Governance Recommendations
February, 2002

Iceland:

Guidelines on Corporate Governance
March, 2004

India:
The First Principles of Corporate Governance in Public Enterprises - The Yaga Report

Corporate Governance Codes and Principles - The Birla Report
February, 2000

Indonesia:
Corporate Governance Codes and Principles in Indonesia
September, 2001

Ireland:
Corporate Governance, Share Option and Other Incentive Schemes
March, 1999

Italy:

Handbook on Corporate Governance Reports
February, 2004

Corporate Governance Code (il Codice di Autodisciplina delle società quotate rivisitato)
July, 2002

Report & Code of Conduct (The Preda Code)
October, 1999

Japan:

Principles of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies (English)
Principles of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies (Japanese)
April, 2004

Kenya:
Principles for Corporate Governance
2002

Korea:
Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance
February, 2003

Lithuania:
Corporate Governance Code for the Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange
April, 2003

Macedonia:
White Paper on Corporate Governance in South-Eastern Europe
June, 2003

Malaysia:
Code on Corporate Governance
March, 2000

Malta:
Principles of Good Corporate Governance
October, 2001

Mexico:
Código de Mejores Prácticas Corporativas (English)
Código de Mejores Prácticas Corporativas (Español)
Background Paper (Español)
July, 1999

The Netherlands:

Corporate governance code
December, 2003

New Zealand:
Corporate Governance Principles
November, 2003
A Charter for the Board - Best Practices for Directors
May, 2001

Nigeria:
Code of Corporate Governance: for banks and other financial institutions (Central Bank of Nigeria)
August, 2003

Pakistan:
Code of Corporate Governance (Revised)
March, 2002

Peru:
Principles of good governance for Companies
Principios de Buen Gobierno para las Sociedades
July, 2002

The Philipines:
ICD Code of Proper Practices for Directors
March, 2000

Poland:

Best Practices in Public Companies
July, 2002
The Corporate Governance Code for Polish Listed Companies (The Gdańsk Code)
June, 2002

Portugal:
CMVM Regulation Nº 11/2003: Corporate Governance (English)
CMVM Regulation Nº 11/2003: Corporate Governance (Portuguese)
2003

Romania:

Corporate Governance Code
June, 2000

Russia:

Code of Corporate Conduct
April, 2002

Singapore:
Code of Corporate Governance
March, 2001

Slovakia:

Corporate Governance Code (Based on the OECD Principles)
September, 2002

Slovenia:

Corporate Governance Code
March, 2004

South Africa:
King Report on Corporate Governance (King II Report) - Executive Summary
March, 2002

South Korea:
Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance
September, 1999

Spain:

Decálogo del Directivo del Instituto Español de Analistas Financieros (IEAF) (Español)
May, 2004

Informe Aldama
Aldama Report
January, 2003

Código de Buen Gobierno (English)
Código de Buen Gobierno (Español)
February, 1998

Círculo de Empresarios
October, 1996

Sweden:

Code of Corporate Governance
April, 2004
Kollegiet för Svensk Bolagsstryrning governance code (English)

Switzerland:

Best Practice for Corporate Governance (English)
Best Practice for Corporate Governance (French)
Best Practice for Corporate Governance (German)
June, 2002

Thailand:
Best Practice Guidelines for Audit Committee
June, 1999

Turkey:
Corporate Governance Principles (English)
Corporate Governance Principles (Turkish)
June, 2003

UK:

UKLA Sourcebook of rules and guidance
November, 2004

Combined Code on Corporate Governance
Regulatory Impact Assessment
July, 2003

Tyson Report, on Recruitment and Development of Non-Executive Directors
June, 2003

Review of the Role and Effectiveness of Non-Executive Directors (Higgs Review)
January, 2003

Audit Committees - Combined Code Guidance (the Smith Report)
January, 2003

Responsibilities of Institutional Shareholders and Agents - Statement of Principles
October, 2002

Review of the role and effectiveness of non-executive directors (Consultation Paper) - Derek Higgs
June, 2002

Institutional Investment in the United Kingdom: A Review (Myners Report)
March, 2002

Code of Good Practice, Association of Unit Trusts and Investment Funds
January, 2001

The Combined Code: Principles of Good Governance and Code of Best Practice
May, 2000

Hermes Statement on International Voting Principles (English)
Hermes Statement on International Voting Principles (French)
Hermes Statement on International Voting Principles (Italian)
HERMES publishes International Voting Principles - press release
December, 1999

KPMG Review Internal Control: A Practical Guide
October, 1999

Internal Control : Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code (Turnbull Report)
September, 1999

Hampel Report (Final)
January, 1998

Greenbury Report (Study Group on Directors' Remuneration)
Greenbury Report (Study Group on Directors' Remuneration) - Recommendations
July, 1995

Cadbury Report (The Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance)
December, 1992

US:

Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct
November, 2004

NYSE Corporate Governance Rules (as amended)
November, 2004

Final NYSE Corporate Governance Rules
November, 2003

Restoring Trust - The Breeden Report on Corporate Governance for the future of MCI, Inc.
August, 2003

Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise Findings and Recommendations: Part 2: Corporate Governance
January, 2003

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit Organizations
2003

Corporate Governance Rule Proposals
August, 2002

Core Policies, General Principles, Positions & Explanatory Notes
March, 2002

Center for International Private Enterprise (affiliate of the US Chamber of Commerce): "Instituting Corporate Governance in Developing, Emerging and Transitional Economies - A Handbook"
March, 2002

CalPers' Global Corporate Governance Principles
1999

Statement on Corporate Governance of the Business Roundtable
September, 1997