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Argentina
- Código de Mejores Prácticas de Gobierno de las Organizaciones para la República Argentina January 2004
Australia
- Revised Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations 2 August 2007
- Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Best Practice Recommendations March 2003
- Corporate Governance: A guide for fund managers and corporations 1 December 2002
- Horwath 2002 Corporate Governance Report 2002
- Corporate Governance: A Guide for Investment Managers and Corporations July 1999
- Corporate Governance - Volume One: in Principle June 1997
- Corporate Governance - Volume Two: In Practice June 1997
- AIMA Guide & Statement of Recommended Practice (Corporate Governance Statements by Major ASX Listed Companies) June 1995
- Bosch Report 1995
Austria
- Austrian Code of Corporate Governance January 2009
- Austrian Code of Corporate Governance (amended 2007) June 2007
- Austrian Code of Corporate Governance (as amended in January 2006) January 2006
- Austrian Code of Corporate Governance (as amended on 22 February 2005) 22 February 2005
- Austrian Code of Corporate Governance November 2002
Bangladesh
- The Code of Corporate Governance for Bangladesh March 2004
Belgium
- The 2009 Belgian Code on Corporate Governance 12 March 2009
- Draft 2009 Belgian Code on Corporate Governance July 2008
- Code Buysse: Corporate governance for non-listed companies 21 September 2005
- Belgian Corporate Governance Code 9 December 2004
- Draft 2008 Belgian Corporate Governance Code 18 June 2004
- Director's Charter January 2000
- Guidelines on Corporate Governance Reporting 18 November 1999
- Corporate governance for Belgian listed companies (The Cardon Report) December 1998
- Corporate Governance - Recommendations January 1998
Brazil
- Code of Best Practice of Corporate Governance 30 March 2004
- Recomendações sobre Governança Corporativa June 2002
- Code of Best Practice of Corporate Governance 8 May 1999
Bulgaria
- Bulgarian National Code For Corporate Governance 10 October 2007
Canada
- Corporate Governance: Guide to Good Disclosure (January 2006) January 2006
- Corporate Governance: A guide to good disclosure December 2003
- Corporate Governance Policy–Proposed New Disclosure Requirement and Amended Guidelines 26 March 2002
- Beyond Compliance: Building a Governance Culture (Saucier Report) November 2001
- Five Years to the Dey June 1999
- Building on Strength: Improving Governance and Accountability in Canada's Voluntary Sector February 1999
- Where Were The Directors? Guidelines for Improved Corporate Governance in Canada (The Toronto Report) December 1994
China
- Provisional Code of Corporate Governance for Securities Companies 15 January 2004
- The Code of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies in China 7 January 2001
Colombia
- Colombian Guide of Corporate Governance for Closed Societies and Family Firms September 2009
- Colombian Code of Best Corporate Practice 2007
Commonwealth
- CACG Guidelines: Principles for Corporate Governance in the Commonwealth November 1999
Comparative studies
- Comparative Study of Corporate Governance Codes relevant to the European Union and its Member States 27 March 2002
- International Comparison of Board "Best Practices" - Investor Viewpoints 2001
- International Comparison of Corporate Governance: Guidelines and Codes of Best Practice in Developed Markets 2001
- International Comparison of Corporate Governance: Guidelines and Codes of Best Practice in Developing and Emerging Markets 2000
Croatia
- Code of Corporate Governance 2009
Cyprus
- Cyprus Corporate Governance Code (2nd edition, March 2006) March 2006
- Addendum of the Corporate Governance Code November 2003
- Corporate Governance Code 24 September 2002
Czech Republic
- Corporate Governance Code based on the OECD Principles (2004) June 2004
- Revised Corporate Governance Code (Based on OECD Principles 2001) February 2001
Denmark
- Recommendations for corporate governance of August 15, 2005 sections III and V revised by December 10, 2008 10 December 2008
- Active ownership and transparency in private equity funds: Guidelines for responsible ownership and good corporate governance 26 June 2008
- Recommendations for corporate governance of August 15, 2005, section VI revised by February 6, 2008 6 February 2008
- Revised Recommendations for Corporate Governance in Denmark 15 August 2005
- Report on Corporate Governance in Denmark December 2003
- The Nørby Committee’s report on Corporate Governance in Denmark 6 December 2001
- Guidelines on Good Management of a Listed Company (Corporate Governance) 29 February 2000
Egypt
- Code of Corporate Governance for Private Sector in Egypt October 2006
- Code of Corporate Governance for State Owned Enterprises in Egypt July 2006
Estonia
- Corporate Governance Recommendations 1 January 2006
Finland
- Finnish Corporate Governance Code 2008 20 October 2008
- Proposal for an updated Finnish Corporate Governance Code 6 May 2008
- Improving Corporate Governance of Unlisted Companies January 2006
- Corporate Governance Recommendations for Listed Companies December 2003
France
- Corporate Governance Code of Listed Corporations December 2008
- AFG - Recommandations sur le gouvernement d’entreprise - Version 2008 January 2008
- Recommandations sur le gouvernement d'entreprise March 2004
- The Corporate Governance of Listed Corporations October 2003
- Promoting Better Corporate Governance In Listed Companies 23 September 2002
- Vienot II Report July 1999
- Recommendations on Corporate Governance 9 June 1998
- Vienot I Report June 1995
FYR Macedonia
- White Paper on Corporate Governance in South-Eastern Europe June 2003
Georgia
- Corporate Governance Code for Commercial Banks 23 September 2009
Germany
- German Corporate Governance Code as amended on 18 June 2009 18 June 2009
- German Corporate Governance Code as amended on 6 June 2008 6 June 2008
- German Corporate Governance Code as amended 14 June 2007 14 June 2007
- Amendment to the German Corporate Governance Code - The Cromme Code (June 2006) 12 June 2006
- Amendment to the German Corporate Governance Code - The Cromme Code (June 2005) 2 June 2005
- Corporate Governance Code for Asset Management Companies 27 April 2005
- Amendment to the German Corporate Governance Code - The Cromme Code (May 2003) 21 May 2003
- The German Corporate Governance Code (The Cromme Code) 26 February 2002
- Baums Commission Report (Bericht der Regierungskommission Corporate Governance) 10 July 2001
- German Code of Corporate Governance (GCCG) 6 June 2000
- Corporate Governance Rules for German Quoted Companies January 2000
- DSW Guidelines June 1998
- Gesetz zur Kontrolle und Transparenz im Unternehmensbereich (KonTraG) 5 March 1998
Greece
- Principles of Corporate Governance 24 July 2001
- Principles on Corporate Governance in Greece: Recommendations for its Competitive Transformation October 1999
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Code on Corporate Governance 19 November 2004
- 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 11 March 2008
- Corporate Governance Recommendations 6 August 2007
- Corporate Governance Recommendations February 2002
Iceland
- Corporate Governance Guidelines June 2009
- Guidelines on Corporate Governance 2nd Edition 2005
- Guidelines on Corporate Governance 16 March 2004
India
- Corporate Governance Voluntary Guidelines 2009 24 December 2009
- Report of the Kumar Mangalam Birla Committee on Corporate Governance February 2000
- Draft Report of the Kumar Mangalam Committee on Corporate Governance September 1999
- Desirable Corporate Governance in India - A Code April 1998
Indonesia
- Code of Good Corporate Governance 2006 January 2007
- Code for Good Corporate Governance April 2001
- Code for Good Corporate Governance March 2000
International
- ICGN Global Corporate Governance Principles: Revised (2009) 18 November 2009
- Draft ICGN Global Corporate Governance Principles: Revised (2009) 3 June 2009
- Sovereign Wealth Funds: Generally Accepted Principles and Practices (GAPP) - Santiago Principles October 2008
- ICGN Statement on Global Corporate Governance Principles 8 July 2005
- Enhancing Corporate Governance for Banking Organisations September 1999
- ICGN Statement on Global Corporate Governance Principles 9 July 1999
Ireland
- Corporate Governance, Share Option and Other Incentive Schemes March 1999
Italy
- New Regulation on Banks' Organisation and Corporate Governance 4 March 2008
- Corporate Governance Code (Codice di Autodisciplina) 14 March 2006
- 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
- Testo Unico sulle disponsizioni in materia di intermediazione February 1998
Jamaica
- Code on Corporate Governance (Final) 25 October 2006
- Code of Corporate Governance (Second draft) 6 October 2005
- Proposed Code on Corporate Governance 20 January 2005
Japan
- Principles of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies 16 April 2004
- Revised Corporate Governance Principles 26 October 2001
- Report of the Pension Fund Corporate Governance Research Committee, Action Guidelines for Exercising Voting Rights June 1998
- Corporate Governance Principles: A Japanese view 30 October 1997
- Urgent Recommendations Concerning Corporate Governance September 1997
Kazakhstan
- Code on Corporate Governance 26 July 2007
Kenya
- Principles for Corporate Governance in Kenya 2002
- Sample Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance 2002
Latin America
- Latin American Corporate Governance White Paper 2003
Latvia
- Principles of Corporate Governance and Recommendations on their Implementation 27 December 2005
Lebanon
- Corporate Governance Code for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) 13 June 2006
Lithuania
- Corporate Governance Code for the Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania 23 April 2003
Luxembourg
- The Ten Principles of Corporate Governance of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (Revised October 2009) 15 September 2009
- ALFI Code of Conduct for Luxembourg Investment Funds September 2009
- The Ten Principles of Corporate Governance of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange April 2006
Malaysia
- Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (Revised 2007) 1 October 2007
- Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance March 2000
Malta
- Principles of Good Corporate Governance: Revised Code for Issuers of Listed Securities 3 November 2005
- Principles of Good Corporate Governance for Public Interest Companies 3 November 2005
- Principles of Good Corporate Governance 1 October 2001
Mexico
- Código de Mejores Prácticas Corporativas July 1999
Moldova
- Code of Corporate Governance June 2007
Montenegro
- Corporate Governance Code in Montenegro 13 May 2009
Morocco
- Moroccan Code of Good Corporate Governance Practices 17 March 2008
New Zealand
- Corporate Governance in New Zealand: Principles and Guidelines - A Handbook for Directors, Executives and Advisers 16 March 2004
- Corporate Governance in New Zealand: Principles and Guidelines 16 February 2004
- Corporate Governance Principles 6 November 2003
- Corporate Governance in New Zealand: Consultation on Issues and Principles Background Reference 5 September 2003
- Corporate Governance in New Zealand: Consultation on Issues and Principles Questionnaire 3 September 2003
Nigeria
- Code of Corporate Governance for Banks in Nigeria Post Consolidation 1 March 2006
Norway
- The Norwegian Code of Practice for Corporate Governance 21 October 2009
- The Norwegian Code of Practice for Corporate Governance 4 December 2007
- The Norwegian Code of Practice for Corporate Governance 28 November 2006
- The Norwegian Code of Practice for Corporate Governance (Revised 2005) 8 December 2005
- The Norwegian Code of Practice for Corporate Governance 7 December 2004
OECD
- OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises September 2005
- Draft Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-owned Enterprises 20 December 2004
- OECD Principles of Corporate Governance 22 April 2004
- Draft Revised Text: OECD Principles of Corporate Governance January 2004
- OECD Principles of Corporate Governance May 1999
Pakistan
- Code of Corporate Governance (Revised) 28 March 2002
- Stock Exchange Code of Corporate Governance 4 March 2002
pan-Europe
- EVCA Corporate Governance Guidelines June 2005
- Euroshareholders Corporate Governance Guidelines 2000 February 2002
- EASD Principles and Recommendations May 2000
- Corporate Governance Guidelines 2000 February 2000
- Sound business standards and corporate practices: A set of guidelines September 1997
- Corporate Governance in Europe June 1995
Peru
- Principios de Buen Gobierno para las Sociedades Peruanas July 2002
- Perú: Código de Buen Gobierno Corporativo para Empresas Emisoras de Valores November 2001
Poland
- Code of Best Practice for WSE Listed Companies 4 July 2007
- Best Practices in Public Companies 2005 29 October 2004
- Best Practices in Public Companies in 2002 4 July 2002
- The Corporate Governance Code for Polish Listed Companies (The Gdańsk Code) 15 June 2002
Portugal
- CMVM Corporate Governance Code 2010 (Recommendations) 8 January 2010
- CMVM Corporate Governance Code September 2007
- Proposal on the Corporate Governance Code 3 April 2007
- White Book on Corporate Governance in Portugal February 2006
- Recommendations on Corporate Governance November 2003
- CMVM Regulation Nº 11/2003: Corporate Governance 2003
- CMVM Regulation No 07/2001: Corporate Governance December 2001
- Recommendations on Corporate Governance November 1999
Romania
- Bucharest Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Code 22 January 2009
- Corporate Governance Code in Romania 24 June 2000
Russia
- The Russian Code of Corporate Conduct 4 April 2002
Serbia
- Corporate Governance Code of the Belgrade Stock Exchange 9 July 2008
Singapore
- Code of Corporate Governance 2005 14 July 2005
- Proposed Revisions to the Code of Corporate Governance December 2004
- Code of Corporate Governance 21 March 2001
Slovakia
- Corporate Governance Code for Slovakia January 2008
- Corporate Governance Code (Based on the OECD Principles) September 2002
Slovenia
- Corporate Governance Code (Amended 5 February 2007) 5 February 2007
- Corporate Governance Code 14 December 2005
- Corporate Governance Code 18 March 2004
South Africa
- King Code of Governance for South Africa 2009 (King III) 1 September 2009
- King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa - 2002 (King II Report) March 2002
- King I Report 24 November 1994
South Korea
- Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance September 1999
Spain
- Unified Good Governance Code 19 May 2006
- IC-A: Code of Ethics for Companies April 2006
- Draft Unified Code of Recommendations for the Good Governance 16 January 2006
- Principles of Good Corporate Governance for Unlisted Companies December 2005
- IC-A: Principles of Good Corporate Governance December 2004
- Decálogo del Directivo May 2004
- The Aldama report 8 January 2003
- Código de Buen Gobierno 26 February 1998
- Círculo de Empresarios October 1996
Sri Lanka
- Draft rules on Corporate Governance for Listed Companies July 2006
Sweden
- The Swedish Code of Corporate Governance 22 December 2009
- Swedish Code of Corporate Governance May 2008
- Swedish Code of Corporate Governance 13 September 2007
- Swedish Code of Corporate Governance Report of the Code Group 16 December 2004
- Swedish Code of Corporate Governance A Proposal by the Code Group 21 April 2004
- The NBK Recommendations February 2003
- Corporate Governance Policy 26 October 2001
Switzerland
- Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance 21 February 2008
- Governance in Family Firms December 2006
- Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance: 25 June 2002
- Corporate Governance Directive 1 June 2002
Taiwan
- Taiwan Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principles 2002 2002
Thailand
- The Principles of Good Corporate Governance For Listed Companies 2006 March 2006
- Code of Best Practice for Directors of Listed Companies October 2002
- Best Practice Guidelines for Audit Committee 23 June 1999
- The SET Code of Best Practice for Directors of Listed Companies 19 January 1998
The Netherlands
- Banking Code 9 September 2009
- Dutch corporate governance code 10 December 2008
- SCGOP Handbook of Corporate Governance 2004 2004
- The Dutch corporate governance code (the Tabaksblat Code) 9 December 2003
- Draft Corporate Governance Code 1 July 2003
- SCGOP Handbook of Corporate Governance August 2001
- Government Governance; Corporate governance in the public sector, why and how? 2 November 2000
- Peters Report & Recommendations, Corporate Governance in the Netherlands 27 July 1997
The Philippines
- Code of Corporate Governance 2002
- ICD Code of Proper Practices for Directors 30 March 2000
Trinidad and Tobago
- Corporate Governance Guideline May 2006
Tunisia
- Guide de Bonnes Pratiques de Gouvernance des Entreprises Tunisiennes 25 June 2008
Turkey
- Corporate Governance Principles June 2003
Ukraine
- Ukrainian Corporate Governance Principles 3 June 2003
United Arab Emirates
- Corporate Governance Code for Joint-Stock Companies 9 April 2007
United Kingdom
- A Stewardship Code for Institutional Investors 19 January 2010
- The Audit Firm Governance Code January 2010
- 2009 Review of the Combined Code: Final Report 1 December 2009
- A review of corporate governance in UK banks and other financial industry entities: Final recommendations (The Walker Review) 26 November 2009
- A review of corporate governance in UK banks and other financial industry entities (The Walker Review) 16 July 2009
- The Combined Code on Corporate Governance (Revised June 2008) June 2008
- Guidelines for Disclosure and Transparency in Private Equity 20 November 2007
- The Combined Code on Corporate Governance June 2006
- Good practice suggestions from the Higgs Report June 2006
- Internal Control: Revised Guidance for Directors on the Combined Code October 2005
- Corporate governance in central government departments: Code of good practice July 2005
- Pension Scheme Governance - fit for the 21st century: A Discussion Paper from the NAPF July 2005
- Good Governance: The Code of Governance for the Voluntary and Community Sector 30 June 2005
- Corporate Governance: A Practical Guide 24 August 2004
- The Combined Code on Corporate Governance 23 July 2003
- Audit Committees - Combined Code Guidance (the Smith Report) January 2003
- The Higgs Report: Review of the role and effectiveness of non-executive directors January 2003
- The Responsibilities of Institutional Shareholders and Agents - Statement of Principles 21 October 2002
- The Hermes Principles 21 October 2002
- Review of the role and effectiveness of non-executive directors (Consultation Paper) 7 July 2002
- Code of Good Practice January 2001
- The Combined Code: Principles of Good Governance and Code of Best Practice May 2000
- Hermes Statement on International Voting Principles 13 December 1999
- The 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) 15 July 1995
- Cadbury Report (The Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance) 1 December 1992
USA
- Key Agreed Principles to Strengthen Corporate Governance for U.S. Publicly Traded Companies 16 October 2008
- TIAA-CREF Policy Statement on Corporate Governance (2007) 13 March 2007
- Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct November 2004
- Final NYSE Corporate Governance Rules 3 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 9 January 2003
- Corporate Governance Rule Proposals 1 August 2002
- Principles of Corporate Governance May 2002
- Core Policies, General Principles, Positions & Explanatory Notes 25 March 2002
- Principles of Corporate Governance: Analysis & Recommendations 2002
- Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Director Professionalism 2001
- Global Corporate Governance Principles 1999
- Statement on Corporate Governance September 1997