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