Co-operative Governance Publications

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Number of online publications: 220

Green indicates co-operative specific publication: 150

 

A survey of Corporate Governance in Life Mutuals by IFF Research Ltd, December 2004 Research Report for the Myners review of the governance of life mutuals
HM Treasury (UK)
AA1000 Overview
Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability

AA1000 Accountability Primer: Governance and Accountability
Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability

AA1000 Accountability Primer - Social and Ethical
Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability

AA1000 Accountability Primer - Socially Responsible Investing
Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability

AA1000 Accountability Primer Sustainability
Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability

Accountability 1000 (AA1000) framework Standards, guidelines and professional qualification, Exposure draft, November 1999
Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability

Accounting for Enron
Ethics Resource Center

Active Ownership in Cooperatives
A discussion paper on leadership, performance and the structure of the member governance syste
, 2000
Federation of Danish Co-operatives
A Discussion Paper on Canadian Wheat Board Governance, Murray Fulton, 1996
Centre for the Study of Co-operatives

Agricultural Co-operative Development: A Manual for trainers, 1998
Food and Agriculture Organization

Agropur: The Issues and Challenges Facing a Co-operative in Search of New Cohesion
Canadian Co-operative Association

A Member Linkage Tool Builds Policy and Action
Cooperative Grocer

A Mutual Trend: How to run rail and water in the public interest
New Economics Foundation

An effective member relationship management
Asia-Pacific Co-op Research Conferences
ICA ROAP

An Introduction to Developing a Co-operative
Co-active

 

An Introduction to Developing a Farming Co-operative
Co-active

 

An Introduction to Participatory Governance in the Co-operative Sector
Cooperatives-uk

Annual Audits - Board Re3sponsibilities, Cooperative Information Report 41
USDA

 
A Participative Process of Cooperative Planning
Cooperative Grocer

APRA'S Fit and Proper Requirements Consultation Paper
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

A Review of Practices
Cooperative Grocer

Assessing Board Performance
Cooperative Grocer

Assessing Management Performance
Cooperative Grocer

05-Feb-2005 3:26 PM Processes of Co-operative 05-Feb-2005 3:26 PM05-Feb-2005 3:26 PM
Assessing Performance and Needs of Cooperative Boards of Directors, Cooperative Information Report 58
USDA

Assessing the Adequacy of Your Co-op's Bylaws
Cooperative Grocer

Assess Your Competency as a Leader and Make Plans for Change
Canadian Co-operative Association

Attitudes of Members of Mutual Life Offices by RS Consulting Ltd, December 2004 Research Report for the Myners review of the governance of life mutuals
HM Treasury (UK)
Boards of Directors Must Commit to Business's New Moral Compass
Ethics Resource Center

Board of Directors Duties & responsibilities
World Council of Credit Unions

Book 2: Tools for Social Audit (Phillipines)
Canadian Co-operative Association

Building the Mutual State
New Economics Foundation

Building the New Saskatchewan: New Generation Co-operatives for Agricultural Processing and Value-Added Projects: Development Guide
Saskatchewan Industry and Resources

Business chiefs need to follow ethics code
Ethics Resource Center

Chairing Meetings
Nova Scotia Co-operative Council

Code of Conduct
World Council of Credit Unions

Common Ground - For Mutual Home Ownership
New Economics Foundation

Cooperative Accountability
Cooperative Grocer

Cooperative Business Management Functions, Cooperative Information Report 45 Section 11
USDA

Co-operative Business Plan Workbook
Nova Scotia Co-operative Council

Cooperative Business Principles, Cooperative Information Report 45 Section 2
USDA

Cooperative Directors: Asking Necessary Questions, Cooperative Information Report 62
USDA

Co-operative Governance
Saskatchewan Industry and Resources

Cooperative Financing and Taxation, Cooperative Information Report 1 Section 9
USDA

Co-operative Governance - Effective Boards of Directors
Nova Scotia Co-operative Council

Co-operatives and the EU Enlargement
Internationalism and co-operative collaboration in the new EU member states, 2004

Federation of Danish Co-operatives
Co-op Governance and Globalisation
Asia-Pacific Co-op Research Conferences
ICA ROAP
Co-op law as an instrument of good governance
Asia-Pacific Regional Co-operative Forums
ICA ROAP
Corporate Responsibility Report 2003
Co-operative Group (UK)

Co-operative Identity in terms of Member, Objective and Method ( Jong-Soo, Lee)
Conference paper - Mapping Co-operative Studies in the New Milennium
BC Institute for Co-operative Studies

 

Cooperative Management, Cooperative Information Report 1 Section 8
USDA

 

Co-operative Management: The Missing element for success in membership based organisations (Peter Davis)
Conference paper - Mapping Co-operative Studies in the New Milennium
BC Institute for Co-operative Studies

Cooperative Merger/Consolidation Negotiationsm Cooperative Information Report 52
USDA

Cooperative Principles Updated
Cooperative Grocer

Corporate Breakdown - Airlines
New Economics Foundation

Corporate Breakdown - Banking
New Economics Foundation

Corporate Breakdown - Competition in the EU
New Economics Foundation

Corporate Breakdown - Media
New Economics Foundation

Corporate Breakdown - Pharmaceuticals
New Economics Foundation

Corporate Breakdown - Professional Services
New Economics Foundation

Corporate Breakdown - Retail
New Economics Foundation

Corporate Breakdown - Telecoms
New Economics Foundation

Corporate Governance and Management Control in Co-operatives
Confederation of Finnish Co-operatives

Corporate Governance Code of Best Practice
CooperativesUK

Corporate Governance Code of Best Practice
Comment Document
December 2004
CooperativesUK
Corporate Governance Handbook
Securities Commission New Zealand

Corporate Governance in New Zealand, Principles and Guidelines
Securities Commission New Zealand

Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Australia) CLERP 8 Cross-border insolvency
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Australia) CLERP 9 Review of corporate reporting and dis 05-Feb-2005 3:26 PM lian Securities & Investments Commission
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Australia) CLERP 7 Simplified lodgements and compliance
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Corporate Responsibility Report 2003
The Co-operative Group (UK)
Creating Boards that Lead
Cooperative Grocer

Credit Commitee Duties & Responsibilities
World Council of Credit Unions

Credit Unions: A Strategic Direction - Appendices
Co-active

 

Credit Unions: A Strategic Direction - Main Report
Co-active

 

Credit Unions: A Strategic Direction - Summary
Co-active

 

Democracy Works
Cooperative Grocer

Demystifying Policy Governance
Cooperative Grocer

Developing and Supporting Saskatchewan Co-operatives: A Director's Handbook, 2001
Saskatchewan Industry and Resources

Developing a positive relationship between the CEO, Chairman and the Board
Asia-Pacific Regional Co-operative Forums
ICA ROAP
Diagnosis of Democratic Functioning
Canadian Co-operative Association

Director Compensation: They Deserve It .... Or Should
Cooperative Grocer

Director Liability in Agricultural Co-operatives, Cooperative Information Report 34
USDA

Director Recruitment: The Nomination Process
Cooperative Grocer

Diversity Working Group Report
Co-operative Group (UK)
Does Practice Reflect Purpose?
Cooperative Grocer

"Do unto managers as you would have done unto you."
Cooperative Grocer

Duties and Responsibilities of Cooperative Board Members
Cooperative Grocer

Encountering Cooperative Extremists
Cooperative Grocer

Ends: Defining Your Cooperative Advantage
Cooperative Grocer

Evaluating Co-op Boards
Cooperative Grocer

Executive Service Agreements
Australian Institute of Company Directors

Findings and Recommendations: The Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise
Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise

Gender Equality in Co-operatives
Asia-Pacific Regional Co-operative Forums
ICA ROAP
General Manager Evaluation
Cooperative Grocer

Governance and Co-operatives: The Search for a Model (Brian T. Oleson and Anders Bruun)
Conference paper - Mapping Co-operative Studies in the New Milennium
BC Institute for Co-operative Studies

 

Helping Build a Thriving Future for Food Cooperatives
Cooperative Grocer

Hiring A General Manager
Cooperative Grocer

How culture Drives Economic Behavior in Cooperatives (Julie Hogeland)
Conference paper - Mapping Co-operative Studies in the New Milennium
BC Institute for Co-operative Studies
Information Paper: Company director's obligations
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Information Paper: Financial Reports
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Information Paper: Shareholders have your say
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Information Paper: What books and records should my company keep?
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Issues in the Governance of Mutuals in the Financial Sector by Professor David Llewellyn
Research Report for the Myners review of the governance of life mutuals
HM Treasury (UK)
Designing Membership Structures for Large Agricultural Cooperatives, Research Report 75
USDA

Gay Lea Foods Co-operative: Choosing Leadership 21st Century/Governance and the Management Equilibrium
Canadian Co-operative Association

Governance Matters January 2004
Canadian Co-operative Association

Governance Matters Spring 2003
Canadian Co-operative Association

Governance Matters Winter 2003
Canadian Co-operative Association

Hiring A General Manager
Cooperative Grocer

How to Critique a Business Plan
Cooperative Grocer

Information to Members
A basis for providing information and a dialogue with co-operative members
, 2002
Federation of Danish Co-operatives
Learning From A Failure
Cooperative Grocer

Lessons from the PLanning Front Lines
Cooperative Grocer

Losing Sight of the Goal: Agway
Canadian Co-operative Association

Maintaining Co-op Democracy
Cooperative Grocer

Making the Minutes "Ours"
Cooperative Grocer

Management Evaluation Under Policy Governance
Cooperative Grocer

Management Reporting to the Board of Directors
Cooperative Grocer

Marketing Contracts: The Supply Contracts between Members and the Co-operatives, James H. Gillis
Centre for the Study of Co-operatives

Meeting Preparation
Cooperative Grocer

Members Make Co-ops Work, Cooperative Information Paper 12
USDA

Model Credit Union Bylaws
World Council of Credit Unions

Multiple String Co-operatives
Organisation and Control of Differentiated Agricultural Production, 1999

Federation of Danish Co-operatives
Myners review of the governance of life mutuals, Final Report Introduction and Summary Chapters 1 and 2, December 2004
HM Treasury (UK)

Myners review of the governance of life mutuals, Final Report Introduction and Summary Chapters 3 to 11, December 2004
HM Treasury (UK)

 

Myners review of the governance of life mutuals, Final Report Introduction and Summary Annexes, December 2004
HM Treasury (UK)

 

 
 
Myths and Maxims for Co-op Boards
Cooperative Grocer
Non-Executive Director Remuneration
Australian Institute of Company Directors

Nova Scotia Co-operatives and the Law
Nova Scotia Co-operative Council

OntarioBio Organic Farmers' Co-operative
Canadian Co-operative Association

Onwards together - 100 years of social accountability
S Group Social Accountability Report 2003

S Group
Operational Management
World Council of Credit Unions

Organizing and Conducting Cooperatives' Annual Meetings, Cooperative Information Report 21
USDA

Participation & Governance: What Does it Mean for the Broader Not-For_Profit Sector?
Cooperatives-uk

Participation & Governance: Within Small Charities & Voluntary Organisations
Cooperatives-uk

Policy Statement 44 Annual general meeting - extension of time
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Policy Statement 103 Confidentiality and release of information
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Policy Statement 81 Destruction of Books
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Policy Statement 75 Independent expert reports to shareholders
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Policy Statement 147 Mutuality - Financial institutions
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Policy Statement 56 Prospectuses
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Practice Note 39 Accounting for Goodwill
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Practice Note 34 Auditors' obligations
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Practice Note 42 Independence of experts' reports
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Practice Note 68 New financial reporting and procedural requirements
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Practice Note 43 Valuation reports and profit forecasts
Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Practicing Policy Governance
Cooperative Grocer

Principles for Good Governance in the 21st Century, Policy Brief No 15, August 2003
Institute On Governance

Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Best Practice Recommendations, 2003

Problem Resolution
World Council of Credit Unions

Prudential Standard 1 Actuarial Advice
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Prudential Standard 2 Approved Benefit Fund Requirements
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Prudential Standard 6.3C Audit
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Prudential Stanard 3 Prudential Capital Requirement
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Putting the Life Back into Our Health Services

Reflecting values of Van City's members, staff and community 2001-01 Accountability Report
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
Reinventing The Co-operative
Nova Scotia Co-operative Council

Re-orienting UK agriculture
Co-active
Review & Evaluation of Governance and Participation Practice
Cooperatives-uk

Risk Management Tool and Guide for Co-operatives and Credit Unions
Canadian Co-operative Association

Role and Effectiveness Of Directors Survey
CooperativesUK

 

Role of Cooperative Education in the Evolution of Coop. Thought and Leadership (Madhav Madane)
Conference paper - Mapping Co-operative Studies in the New Milennium
BC Institute for Co-operative Studies
Role of communication in strengthening professionalism of co-op management
Asia-Pacific Co-op Research Conferences
ICA ROAP
Social Accountability Report 2001
Co-operative Group (UK)
Social Accountability Report 2000
Co-operative Group (UK)
Social Accountability Summary Report 2002
Co-operative Group (UK)
Social Audit Manual (Phillipines)
Canadian Co-operative Association

Social Enterprise Development Standards
CooperativesUK
Social Enterprise Support Standards
CooperativesUK
Stewardship, Good Governance And Ethics Policy Brief No 19 December 2003
Institute On Governance

Social responsibility through widening co-op action by increasing the services to members and their families
Asia-Pacific Co-op Research Conferences
ICA ROAP
Strategic Planning, Cooperative Information Report 45, Section 9
USDA

Strategic Planning Handbook for Cooperatives, Cooperative Information Report 48
USDA

Supervisory Committee Duties
World Council of Credit Unions

Sustainability
Australian Institute of Company Directors

The Appalachian Farm Co-operative: A Business Based on Co-operative Identity
Canadian Co-operative Association

The Bois-Francs Farm Co-operative: Does the co-op make a difference for its members?
Canadian Co-operative Association

The Essence of Corporate Governance
CPA Australia

The Ethical Consumerism report 2003
New Economics Foundation

The Evolution of Management in the Mondragon Co-operatives (Christina A Clamp)
Conference paper - Mapping Co-operative Studies in the New Milennium
BC Institute for Co-operative Studies
The group enterprise book - A practical guide for Group Promoters to assist groups in setting up and running successful small enterprise, 1995
Food and Agriculture Organization

The Mutual Health Service
New Economics Foundation

The Mutual State: How local communities can run public services
New Economics Foundation

Theory and test on the corporate governance of financial cooperative systems (Martin Desrochers, Klaus B. Fischer and Jean-Pierre Gueyie)
Conference paper - Mapping Co-operative Studies in the New Milennium
BC Institute for Co-operative Studies
The Role of Cooperative Entrepreneurship in the Modern Market Environment
Confederation of Finnish Co-operatives

The 7 Steps to Board and Director Evaluation
Canadian Co-operative Association

The Structure of Cooperatives, Cooperative Information Report 45 Section 3
USDA

The Time Of Our Lives: Using time banking for neighbourhood renewal and community capacity building
New Economics Foundation

The 2002 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Department of Trade and Industry (UK)

The Whole Story. Really Van City's 2002-3 Accountability Report
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union

 

Time Banking: A briefing
New Economics Foundation

Time Banks: A Radical Manifesto for the UK
New Economics Foundation

Time to Reshape Cooperative Identity?
Cooperative Grocer

Transnational Co-operatives
Perspectives for admission of members abroad and cross-border mergers,
2000
Federation of Danish Co-operatives
Turnbull, Shann, "A New Way to Govern" (May 1, 2002). New Economics Foundation, London, Working Paper No. 5.
http://ssrn.com/abstract=310263

Turnbull, Shann, "A New Way to Govern: Because 'World Best Practices' are the Problem Not the Solution" (March 4, 2003). Chartered Secretaries Australia 2nd Annual Corporate Governance Symposium.
http://ssrn.com/abstract=386740

Turnbull, Shann, "Corporate Governance: Theories, Challenges and Paradigms" . Gouvernance: Revue Internationale, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2000
http://ssrn.com/abstract=221350

Turnbull, Shann, "Employee Governance" (October 22, 2000).
http://ssrn.com/abstract=253349

Latin America White Paper on Corporate Governance, 2003
OECD

Paper on Experiences from the Regional Corporate Governance Roundtable, 2004
OECD

Principles of Corporate Governance, 1999
OECD

Review of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance - Comments Received, 2004
OECD

Turnbull, Shann, "Stakeholder Cooperation" . Journal Of Cooperative Studies, Vol. 29, No. 3, 1997
http://ssrn.com/abstract=26238

Survey of Corporate Governance Developments in OECD Countries, 2003
OECD

The Circle of Responsibility for Co-op Boards, Cooperative Information Report 61
USDA

Turnbull, Shann, "The Competitive Advantages of Stakeholder Mutuals" (September 20, 2000).
http://ssrn.com/abstract=242779

Turnbull, Shann, "The Need for Stakeholder Councils in Social Audits" . Social and Environmental Accounting, Vol. 15, No. 2, September 1995
http://ssrn.com/abstract=55769

Turnbull, Shann, "Why Unitary Boards Are Not Best Practice: A Case for Compound Boards" (November 2000).
http://ssrn.com/abstract=253803

Understanding Cooperative Bookkeeping and Financial Statements, Cooperative Information Report 57
USDA

Using Policy Governance to Improve Board Leadership
Cooperative Grocer

VanCity's Statement Of Values and Commitments
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
What Co-op Directors Do, Cooperative Information Paper 14
USDA

What Co-op Employees Do, Cooperative Information Report 18
USDA

What the Co-op Manager Does, Cooperative Information Report 16
USDA

Who Runs the Cooperative Business? Board of Directors, Cooperative Information Report 45 Section 5
USDA

Who Runs the Cooperative Business? General Manager and Employees, Cooperative Information Report 45 Section 6
USDA

Who Runs the Cooperative Business? Members, Cooperative Information Report 45 Section 4
USDA

Working with Financial Statements - Guide for Cooperative Members, Cooperative Information Report 43
USDA
Why does a co-op tend to become an ordinary company?
Asia-Pacific Co-op Research Conferences
ICA ROAP

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