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Lessons From the Financial Crisis: Governance Gaps and Strategies for the Future

Presented by

SFU CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management and the Shareholder Association for Research & Education

Join presenters:

Damon Silvers Director of Policy and Special Counsel for the AFL-CIO

and

Edward Waitzer Jarislowsky-Dimma-Mooney Chair in Corporate Governance at the Schulich School of Business and Osgoode Hall Law School and Senior . . . → Read More: Lessons From the Financial Crisis: Governance Gaps and Strategies for the Future

Global Financial Meltdown: What Lies Ahead for Corporations, Investors and Global Markets

presented by The CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance & Risk Management and SHARE

DATE:Â Friday, December 5, 2008 VENUE:Â Segal Graduate School of Business, 500 Granville St. (at Pender)

Speakers:

Michael O’Sullivan Michael O’Sullivan is the President of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and also a member of the Board . . . → Read More: Global Financial Meltdown: What Lies Ahead for Corporations, Investors and Global Markets

Theorizing in Practical Science

October 27, 2008 by Shirley Gregor

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THE POSITIONING OF GLOBAL 500 FIRMS’ VIRTUOUS CHARACTER: AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA

May 20, 2008 Faculty and Doctoral Seminal Dr Rosa Chun, Manchester Business School

Rosa Chun is Professor of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at Manchester Business School in England. There, she founded the MSc in Corporate Communications and Reputation Management. She has published extensively on the topics of virtue ethics and corporate . . . → Read More: THE POSITIONING OF GLOBAL 500 FIRMS’ VIRTUOUS CHARACTER: AMERICA, EUROPE AND ASIA

Minimizing IT Project Risk: Skill Archetypes of Successful IT Project Managers

May 27, 2008 Faculty and Doctoral Seminal Dr Felix Tan, AUT University, New Zealand

Felix Tan is Professor of Information Systems, Director of Research Management and Head of the University Research Office at AUT University, New Zealand. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Information Management. Dr Tan is internationally . . . → Read More: Minimizing IT Project Risk: Skill Archetypes of Successful IT Project Managers

UNITED NATIONS PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTING AT SEGAL

On March 12, 2008, the CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management, in collaboration with the Shareholders Association for Research and Education, hosted a breakfast for 150 at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business, to hear representatives from three organizations speak about the UN-initiated Principles of Responsible Investing (PRI). The speaker panel . . . → Read More: UNITED NATIONS PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTING AT SEGAL

CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS: EXTRINSIC VERSUS INTRINSIC DRIVERS

March 11, 2008 Faculty and Doctoral Seminar Dr. Alan Muller, University of Amsterdam Business School

SFU’s CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management was host to Alan Muller from the University of Amsterdam. Alan presented to SFU faculty members and post-graduate students the findings of research that he and Ans Kolk conducted . . . → Read More: CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE IN EMERGING MARKETS: EXTRINSIC VERSUS INTRINSIC DRIVERS

McMaster World Congress

January 16 – 18, 2008 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

This presitigious event focused on bringing academic researchers, business practitioners and management students together to discuss:

Intellectual Capital & Innovation Corporate Governance Strategic Business Valuation Mission Driven Organization

http://worldcongress.mcmaster.ca

XBRL International Conference

December 3 – 6, 2007 Vancouver, Canada

XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an XML-based, royalty-free, open standard for business reporting. XBRL was developed by XBRL International, a not-for-profit consortium of over 400 leading companies and organisations around the world.

EIASM 4TH WORKSHOP ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

BRUSSELS, NOVEMBER 15-16, 2007

The first workshop, which took place November 4-5, 2004 in Brussels with participants from 21 countries dealt mainly with the challenges of corporate governance in the context of social, political and economic environments prevailing in different parts of the world. The second workshop took place November 24-25, 2005 with . . . → Read More: EIASM 4TH WORKSHOP ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE