BUSN - Corporate Social Responsibility/Business Ethics
Resources on social responsibility, CSR indices, CSR reporting and more
Institutional Shareholders Service (Formerly RiskMetrics)
- "includes a range of variables related to individual board directors (e.g., name, age, tenure, gender, committee memberships, independence classification, primary employer and title, number of other public company boards serving on, shares owned, etc.). This data collection began in 1996 and is updated annually. The current universe is the S&P 1500 companies, which has continued since 1996, although in earlier years the data was captured for a few hundred additional large-cap companies as well."
Corporate Governance Resources
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility(Open Access)
Find current Socially Responsible Shareholder Resolutions by company and environmental performance by sector. The website also provides current CSR issues, news and more. - Canadian Coalition for Good Governance(Open Access)
This coalition represents major Canadian institutional investors and promotes good governance practices in Canadian public companies and the improvement of the regulatory environment. An excellent source of information on executive compensation, guidelines and position papers re: corporate governance, best practices re: corporate governance, reports, useful links (including links to legal and regulatory information), and news. - Canadian Business for Social Responsibility(Open Access)
CBSR provides socially responsible business solutions to many of Canada's leading corporations. - The Directors Series (CPA Canada)(Open Access)
This series of booklets addresses many subjects of importance to directors.
- WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) This link opens in a new windowLook for the database Institutional Shareholder Services in the WRDS portal. The U of C subscribes to the Directors and Directors Legacy modules.
- IRRC Institute (Investor Responsibility Research Center Institute)(Open Access)
Find research reports on corporate governance and responsibility. - Spencer Stuart Board IndexesLatest editions of a series of board indexes including the Canadian Board Index, U.S. Board Index, Retail & Apparel Board Index, U.K. Board Index, Hospitality & Leisure Board Index and more. Also includes the report: "2018 Governance Outlook"
- Center for Board Governance (PricewaterhouseCoopers)(Open Access)
Find information on key boardroom issues, board diversity, and access to governance related publications. - Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics(Rotman School of Management) (Open Access)
The Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics advances academic research on issues pertaining to ethics in business, including topics such as ethical decision-making, ethical leadership, and ethical cultures in organizations. - CatalystThe mission of this nonprofit organization is to create more inclusive workplaces where employees representing every dimension of diversity can thrive. Catalyst has done extensive work on diversity in the Boardroom.
The "Knowledge Center" tab is helpful to locate relevant resources. "Disrupt the Default" tab provides access to information on board diversity.
Board Accountability in Corporate Governance by Call Number: Electronic bookISBN: 9780415725538Publication Date: 2015-06-29
To access data on executive compensation use the following databases: 
- S & P Capital IQAccess is limited to current staff, students, and faculty. An account must be requested from Rhiannon Jones
- SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval) This link opens in a new windowAll securities filings for companies trading on Canadian stock exchanges. Filing with SEDAR started January, 1997. Executive compensation is often provided in the Proxy Statement.
- EDGAR This link opens in a new windowFilings for Canadian, International, and U.S. companies trading on American stock exchanges. Executive compensation data may be found in the Annual Proxy Statement (Schedule 14A)
