Corporate governance

Question
Can anyone give suggestions for the best resources on corporate governance and board membership? (Alicia Best, 11/6/2003)

Responses
(1) Corporate Governance Net http://www.corpgov.net/ "Library" page is a good place to find out about books

(2) The Corporate Library http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com/site/about.asp

(3) The Conference Board
"Corporate Governance Best Practices: A Blueprint for the Post-Enron Era"
http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=674

"Ethics Programs: The Role of the Board" - Executive Action Report
http://www.conference-board.org/publications/execaction.cfm

(4) Corporate Governance at www.kipnotes.com
http://www.kipnotes.com/GovernanceCorporate.htm

(5) Corporate Governance : The McGraw-Hill Executive MBA Series. McGraw- Hill: June 2003. Written and used by profs from the Darden Business School
(University of Virginia).

(6) Blueprint for Corporate Governance, A: Strategy, Accountability, and the Preservation of Shareholder Value. AMACOM; 1st edition (February 2003)

(7) Boards At Work : How Corporate Boards Create Competitive Advantage.
Jossey-Bass; 1st edition (March 1998).

Related topic: composition of corporate boards (Jim Bondra, 11/25/2003)
I use the following to find out what boards people are on:

http://people.edgar-online.com/people/ Search under name

http://www.secinfo.com/ Search for names under Proxies

You can also consult the subject guide which I have written:

http://www.ithaca.edu/library/biblio/companynet.htm#officers