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III. Corporate Governance Rules, Regulations, Guidelines























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Corporate Governance Codes, Principles of Corporate Governance and Corporate Governance Reforms
European Corporate Governance Institute http://www.ecgi.org Best site for locating codes and principles http://www.ecgi.org/codes/all_codes.htm

Corporate Governance Standards
Merrill Lynch outlines its corporate governance principles and practices in a new website: http://www.ml.com/about/corp_governance/index.htm

Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance
Economiesuisse, July 25, 2002

Look at recent economic history in Switzerland reveals that our economy is not immune to corporate crisis. Today a number of institutions are setting up policies and rules by means of self-regulation. Economiesuisse and SWX Swiss Exchange have introduced the ŤSwiss Code of Best Practiceť consisting of policies concerning information about Corporate Governance [PDF]:

English version: http://www2.economiesuisse.ch/d/content.cfm?upid=DD23731B-DCDF-4F99-960C0AE389A96E3C&type=pdf&filetype=pdf

German version: http://www2.economiesuisse.ch/d/content.cfm?upid=4B42201A-1850-4309-A49B90A37CA04F7B&type=pdf&filetype=pdf

French version: http://www2.economiesuisse.ch/d/content.cfm?upid=037EF487-09DD-43B5-825641E1BC6CDEEF&type=pdf&filetype=pdf

Corporate Governance in Switzerland
Economiesuisse, July 1, 2002

Die Expertengruppe Corporate Governance stellt in einem Bericht, verfasst von Prof. Karl Hofstetter, die rechtlichen und faktischen Parameter der Corporate Governance börsenkotierter Unternehmen in der Schweiz dar [PDF]:

English version: http://www.economiesuisse.ch/d/content.cfm?upid=0420B48A-8FC9-4630-810935FA3F7F83F7&type=pdf&filetype=pdf

German version: http://www.economiesuisse.ch/d/content.cfm?upid=625F94F2-A025-4414-83C5FED2AC82701F&type=pdf&filetype=pdf

French version: http://www.economiesuisse.ch/d/content.cfm?upid=792FFD63-DCB2-4B97-AED3C25363A7B7B3&type=pdf&filetype=pdf

Corporate Governance in Europe
KPMG Survey 2001/02

The study underscores the lasting differences between countries in terms of structures, traditions and philosophies. However, administrative and supervisory bodies within Europe will have to assume responsibility and face up to investor reviews [PDF]:
http://apte.net/corporate-governance/archive/Corporate_Governance_in_Europe_1708751.pdf

Council of Institutional Investors (CII) Policies
The Council of Institutional Investors corporate governance policies establish goals and guidelines for the effective governance of publicly traded corporations. The policies include fundamental core policies that the Council believes should be implemented by all companies, general principles of shareholder rights and board accountability, and a number of more general position statements on various corporate governance issues.
http://www.cii.org/corp_governance.asp

World Bank listing of best practices by country
http://www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/privatesector/cg/codes.htm

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