CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: Home

The Corporate Governance course explores the systems, principles, and processes by which organizations are directed and controlled. This guide is designed to support your learning by providing access to key resources such as textbooks, scholarly articles, databases, case studies, and professional guidelines.

Through this LibGuide, you will find materials that:

• Define the roles and responsibilities of boards of directors, management, and shareholders.

• Examine the frameworks and codes of best practice that promote accountability, transparency, and ethical leadership.

• Explore the relationship between corporate governance and issues such as risk management, compliance, and sustainability.

• Provide real-world case studies that illustrate successes and challenges in governance practices across industries.

Whether you are preparing for assignments, conducting research, or building your understanding of responsible corporate leadership, this guide will help you connect theory with practice and strengthen your knowledge of good governance principles.

 

UNIT 1 - THE CORPORATION IN SOCIETY

What Is Governance? (Article)

Governance Models Defined (Article)

Governance: What Do We Know, and How Do We Know It? (Article)

Working Together for a Change: Government, Business, and Civic Partnerships for Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean (Book)

Institutions and the Legal Framework for Business Development in the Caribbean (Article)

Scaling Caribbean (in)dependence (Article)

Corporate Governance in the Emer ernance in the Emerging Economics of the conomics of the Caribbean: P Caribbean: Peculiarities, Challenges, and a F eculiarities, Challenges, and a Future Pathway (Article)

The United States and the Caribbean in the 21st Century: Towards a New Era of Engagement? (Article)

Shareholders as Norm Enterpreneurs for Corporate Social Responsibility (Article)

A Role of Equity Holders in Corporate  (Article)

The Changing Stakeholder Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations in Sustainable Modern Education (Article)

Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities: Better Governance Through Decision Rights Automation (Article)

The Effects of Biotechnology Policy on Trade and Growth (Article)

Governance in the Caribbean: Challenges and Prospects (Article)

Civil Society Consultation in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM): Why Conceptual Clarity Matters (Article)

Confronting Caribbean heritage in an archipelago of diversity: Politics, Stakeholders, Climate Change, Natural Disasters, Tourism, and Development (Article)

Putting Stakeholder Engagement in its Place: How Situating Public Participation in Community Improves Natural Resource Management Outcomes (Article)

Governance Capacity and Stakeholder Interactions in the Development and Management of Coastal Tourism: Examples from Morocco and Tunisia (Article)

Corporate Governance and Agency Theory: Megacable Case (Article) 

Context Matters: A Critique of Agency Theory in Corporate Governance Research in Emerging Countries (Article)

Towards a Caribbean-Wide Corporate Governance Framework (Article)

Cultural Determinats of Corporate Governance: Multi-Country Study (Article)

What Have We Learned from the 2007-08 Liquidity Crisis A Survey (Article)

BUSINESS RISK AND PUBLIC ISSUES

Risk Management and Compliance in a Globalized Economy: Navigating Regulatory Challenges and Strategic Adaptations (Article)

The Impact of Risk Management Committee on Firm Risk, with Risk Management Practices as a Mediator (Article)

Regulatory Compliance Modelling Using Risk Management Techniques (Articles)

Modelling Compliance Risk: A Structured Approach (Article)

The Role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance and Contribution to Determine Audit Fees for External Audits (Article)

Reliance of External Auditors on Internal Audit Work: A Corporate Governance Perspective (Article)

Description of the Relationship between the Crisis Life Cycle and Mass Media Content (Article)

Potential Use of Risk-Benefit Assessment by Public Relations Practitioners in Issues Management (Article)

Trends in Environmental Analysis (Article)

A Conceptual Framework for Environmental Analysis of Social Issues and Evaluation of Business Response Patterns (Article)

Migration Management Challenges in the Caribbean (Article)

Challenges for Local Government in the Caribbean (Article)

Issues Management: Its Past, Present and Future (Article)

Issue Management and Crisis Management: An Integrated, Non-Linear, Relational Construct (Article)

UNIT 2 - SOCIAL & TECHNOLOY ISSUES

MANAGING A DIVERSE WORKPLACE

Class, Gender, and Race in the Caribbean Reflections on an Intellectual Journery (Article)

Gender, Race and Class in the Social Economy of the English-Speaking Caribbean (Article)

Race, Gender, and Workplace Power (Article)

From Equal Opportunities to Diversity: A Study of Afro-Caribbean Career Progression in the Public Sector (Article)

Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean (Book)

Gender, Equality, Justice and Caribbean Realities: The Way Forward (Article)

Guide To Promote Gender Equality in Latin American and Caribbean Companies (Articles)

Work-Family Balance Policies (Article)

The influence of Working Time Arrangements on Work-Life Integration or ‘Balance’: A Review of the International Evidence (Article)

TECHNOLOGY AS A SOCIAL FORCE

Role-Playing for more Realistic Technical Skills Training (Article)

How the Digital Workforce Has Re-Defined Boundary Management and Perceptions of Technological Tools on Maintaining Work-Life Balance (Article)

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and eHealth Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of National Policies and Assessment of Socioeconomic Context (Article)

Digital Inclusion Across the Americas and the Caribbean (Article)

Privacy, Free Expression and Transparency Redefining their new Boundaries in the Digital Age (Article)

Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age (Book)

Theory-Changing Breakthroughs in Science: The Impact of Research Teamwork on Scientific Discoveries (Article)

New Leaders for Technological Breakthrough in the Energy Industry (Article)

Technology and Economic Integration: Growth and Development for Caribbean Island Economies (Article)

Embedding Regulatory Autonomy in Caribbean Telecommunications (Article)

Services Regulation in the Caribbean Information and Communications Technology (Article)

Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Action – A Jamaican Perspective (Article)

Artificial Intelligence for Social Good in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Regional Landscape and 12 Country Snapshots (Article)

Intelligent Economies: Developments in the Caribbean (Book)

A Descriptive Study on the Impact of Cybercrime and Possible Measures to Curtail its Spread Worldwide (Article)

The Rise of Cybercrime-as-a-Service: Implications and Countermeasures (Article)

UNIT 3 - BUSINESS AND THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

CORPORATE SOCIAL AUDITS

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Citizenship: Towards Corporate Accountability (Article)

The development of corporate responsibility/ corporate citizenship (Article)

Corporate Social Responsibility: A Critical Approach (Article)

Balancing Rights with Responsibilities: Looking for the Global Drivers of Materiality in Corporate Social Responsibility & the Voluntary Initiatives That Develop and Support Them (Article)

Ethical Dilemmas In State And Local Tax Planning: Balancing Profit Maximization And Social Responsibility (Article)

Sustainable Entrepreneurship and B Corps (Article)

Social Entrepreneurship Amongst Women and Men in the United States (Article)

Impacts of Public Relations on Corporate Reputation (Article)

Reputation Management The Key to Successful Public Relations and Corporate Communication (Article)

Blood Relations: Caribbean Immigrants and the Harlem Community, 1900–1930 (Book)

Caribbean New York: Black Immigrants and the Politics of Race (Book)

Developing Culturally Responsive Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Supports (Article)

Building Corporate Associations: Consumer Attributions for Corporate Socially Responsible Programs (Article)

A Corporate Social Responsibility Audit within a Quality Management Framework (Article)

UNIT 4 - BUSINESS AND THE ETHICAL ENVIRONMENT

ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN BUSINESS

Morality of Principle versus Morality of Loyalty: The case of Whistleblowing (Article)

Whistleblowing Behavior in Organizations and Work Morality Interaction (Article)

Ethics and Internal Audit: Whistleblowing Issues (Article)

Mandating Boardshareholder Engagement? (Article)

Good, Better, Engaged? The Effect of Ccompany-Initiated Customer Engagement Behavior on Shareholder Value (Article)

Deepening Ethical Analysis in Business Ethics (Article)

Ethical Issues in Modern Business Management (Article)

UNIT 5 - BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY

GLOBALISATION

The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary International Political Economy (Book)

The Processes of Globalisation (Article)

Globalisation in Education: Process and Discourse (Article)

Globalization of the World Economy: Potential Benefits and Cost and a Net Assessment (Article)

Could Developing Countries Ttake the Benefit of Globalisation? (Article)

THE CORPORATION AND PUBLIC POLICY

The Role of Governments in the Business and Society Debate (Article)

They Are All Organizations”: The Cultural Roots of Blurring between the Nonprofit, Business, and Government Sectors (Article)

How Businesses See Government Responses from Private Sector Surveys in 69 Countries (Article)

Corporate Political Strategy Formulation: A Model of Approach, Participation, and Strategy Decisions (Article)

The Environmental Movement and the Modes of Political Action (Article)

UNIT 6 - THE CORPORATION AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

ECOLOGY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL BUSINESS

Sustainability and Sustainable Development (Article)

Threats to the World Eco-System: A Role for the Social Scientists (Article)

Climate Change and Societal Response: Livelihoods, Communities, and the Environment (Article)

The Transformation of Governance: Globalization, Devolution, and the Role of Government (Article)

The Costs and Benefits of Regulation: Review and Synthesis (Article)

Strategic Planning and Management A Review of Recent Experience (Article)

UNIT 7 - CONSUMER PROTECTION

The Increasingly Complex Role of the Utility Consumer Advocate (Article) 

Consumer Protection in a Global Market (Article)

Products Liability (Article)

The Employment Relation as a Social Relation (Article)

Employee Rights, Employee Responsibilities and Knowledge Sharing in Intelligent Organisation (Article)