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ISSUE	AVAILABLE ARTICLES
Spring 2010	FINANCIAL REPORTING: XBRL A Numbers Game ANNUAL REPORTS: Opinion Varies on Merit of Management Commentary What Does Your Reporting Say About You? DIRECTOR TRAINING: Board Induction and Professional Development MANAGING THE BOARD: Designs for Life EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION: The Case for (In)Direct Action
Winter 2009	A Little Less Complication Boards Need to Understand Their Organisation’s Key Drivers of Profitability Directors Need Guidance Greening the Behemonths - How sustainable are GE and Wal-Mart? Sociopolitical Sustainability – The pendulum at globalisation’s frontiers The Hot Seat The Renaissance Exchange - How the TSX can Rise from Wall Street’s Ashes The Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
Fall 2009	Where Were the Directors? How Non-Profit Boards Learn The Importance of Properly Resigning as a Corporate Director: Don’t Get Hit on the Way Out Pension Plans and Liability in an Uncertain Economy: Are Directors and Officers at Risk? Say on Pay comes to Canada Increased Focus on Executive Compensation The Next Great Business Trend from South of the Border: Retention Policies for Electronic Documents Economic Force Majeure Report on Not-for-Profit Sector - The Dollars and Cents of Good Governance
Summer 2009	Wall Street’s Corporate Governance Crisis: Compensation Policy On the Road to IFRS in 2011 - Disclosure and other legal issues for Canadian companies to consider Governing in Volatile Times - Even more pressure on the audit committee Creating Growth from Effective Opportunity Risk Management Changing Face of Corporate Defence in the 21st Century - Part 2 You’ve Got Greenmail! - A closer look at the merits of hedge fund activism When Activist Shareholders Come Knocking Executive Director’s Report - The Dollars and Cents of Good Governance
Spring 2009	Caveat Emptor Changing Face of Corporate Defence in the 21st Century Risk: Models Aren’t Enough Dealing with Bribery: Caught in a Tangled Jungle Incentive Strategies for Canadian Executives in Troubled Times Everyone's a Winner The Missing Link Climate Change Disclosure Heats Up Due Diligence - More Than Just a Numbers Game
Winter 2008	Telling the Corporate Story Does it Matter Who Sits on the Board? When Good Boards Go Bad Women at the Top Absolute Power Unveiling Narcissistic Leadership Building and Securing Your Brand in a World of Flux When Disaster Strikes
Fall 2008	Earning Trust Cultivating Governance The Tsingtao Story: A Glimpse at China’s Future The Sleeping Giant Awakens: A Canadian View of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law Inducting Directors: How new directors can hit the ground running The Practical Challenges of Enterprise Risk Management The World is Beating Canada to China’s Door
Summer 2008	Why Corporate Governance Reform is Failing Interesting and Peculiar – Canada’s Mutual Fund Governance Regime Corporate Secretaries Sold on Board Portals - Convincing Directors Now the Challenge! Getting the Best Out of Boards Peak Oil, Risk and Opportunity Accountability and Good Governance Post Retirement Investment Strategy Why Should We Care about Good Governance?
Spring 2008	The Role of the Board in Effective Succession Planning One Vision - a word from ICSA's new Chief Executive Good Governance - It’s Not Just About Compliance Our Corporate Proxy Voting System Fails Some Important Diagnostics Maximising the Effectiveness of Not-for-Profit Boards All’s Well - Resolving Personal Conflicts between Directors Adviser, Counsel, Conduit – Wearing Many Different Hats The Death of the Annual Report Across the Pond – Creeping SOX
Winter 2007	Manage Risks, Avoid Pitfalls Risk Management and the Board of Directors Workers Without Borders: Who’s Listening to Your Business? Six Perils of Retirement New Principles for Company Law Boardrooms Open Up to Investors’ Input Corporate Governance and the Rise of Private Equity Executive Compensation: Recent Developments of Importance
Fall 2007	Narrowing the Knowing-Doing Gap in Investments through Effective Fund Governance Black Holes Meet Corporate Governance Broadening the Bandwidth of a Democratic Workplace XBRL - Data Tagging is Starting to Catch On Fraud - Detecting Abuses in Government Directors’ and Officers’ Environmental Liability Compliant But Not Contributing: Why Australian boards are being under-utilised
Summer 2007	Seven Steps to Effective Board & Director Evaluations The Stock Option Backdating Scandal: Issues and Lessons Keep it Confidential – Have You Done Enough to Protect Your Trade Secrets? Small Business, Big Burden A Licence to Profit Corporate Governance Best Practices: One size does not fit all
Spring 2007	Ethics at work How can auditors lie about being independent The challenges ahead: An interview with Michael Ashford Board processes and the quality of board decision making attention Never say never - to challenges or opportunites Powerful questions for company secretaries, directors and executives Bored with board papers? We’ve moved A persistent problem Corporate social responsibility and sustainability
Winter 2006	Enterprise risk management: the guidelines Customer relationship management done right Do your organisation’s documents enhance its brand? What makes a board effective? Stakeholder engagement: a look at best practices for Canadian associations Sustainability: Why CFOs need to pay attention Now it gets personal 2007 proxy season CFPA: The first 25 years Perspectives on the 2006 CSCS Conference Beyond oversight: A scenario for 21st century governance Another successful CSCS Conference
Fall 2006	Corporate minute-taking: a general counsel’s guide Corporate governance enters a new era: looks beyond regulation, toward strategic enterprise oversight A life less complex: simplifying corporate structures You asked us...casting vote for chair Keeper of secrets I just joined a board, now what? P.ADM. - The Professional Administrator’s Designation Personal liability when just doing your job? You ain’t seen anything yet Is there a Chief Governance Officer in your future?
Summer 2006 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	Seeing red: how directors can tell if companies have problems Just a minute? What should (and shouldn’t) be written down in the meeting room Disciplined vision Pensions, stock plans and other perils Directors’ notes of board meetings: risk or risk management? D&O claims: understanding the process Corporate Governance – has the pendulum swung too far? Compliance costs Before you join the board, best to ask some questions
Spring 2006 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	Whispering behind corporate doors: can we keep it secret? What makes a good director? What if not-for-profit boards challenged themselves to meet the standards of for-profit boards? A vote by any other name Corporate Governance for notfor-profit organizations Secretary to the board Read your company’s by-laws: lessons from recent cases The better board Are you paying enough attention to your relationships?
Winter 2005 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	The writing on the wall: the CSR imperative CSR — where do we really stand? Refco highlights governance failures – points to greater private sector regulation Time to take the American SOX off Substance, not spin Shifting priorities The people’s enterprise Opposites attract The new DNA of corporate governance Know thy investor Investing for the future In the dark: what boards and executives don’t know about the health of their businesses From the boardroom to the grassroots: how the evolution of CSR is advancing community economic development in Canada Directors and officers of closely held companies Data protection Corporate responsibility & sustainability The convergence of corporate social responsibility and governance Corporate social responsibility Canada: legalism or voluntarism?
Fall 2005 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	Succession planning Sarbox, Vioxx and Botox Right information, right hands Responsible hands A historic failure in corporate governance Favoring auditor protection Enterprise compliance management: an introduction Defining some duties
Summer 2005 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	Policy Governance: ‘yes, but does it work?’ Governance - more than just compliance On the frankness of directors when resigning from boards Compensation concerns Evaluating boards Establishing a framework for effective corporate governance Dysfunctional boards Deriving a competitive advantage in investments
Spring 2005 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	When the whistle blows Voting at general meetings Statutory sources of liability Protecting your brand Look before you leap Governance - more than just public companies Frank about fraud But who really owns the company Board effectiveness and management information A year in review
Winter 2004 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	You asked us... in-camera meetings Factors to consider when choosing a jurisdiction in which to incorporate in Canada Are you in compliance with the new privacy act? Why are you a public company? Is it time to go private? The Corporate Secretary: understanding the importance of good governance The board’s role in strategy development Sarbanes-Oxley today Quo vadis? Knowledge management and the smarter company
Fall 2004 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	Why D&O insurance has become a sine qua non of boardroom life The Walt Disney Company derivative litigation National instrument 51-102 continuous disclosure obligations Investor communication In camera board meetings: when and how to use them Fiduciary duty Expectation management — an important factor for project success Compliance mode overload: helping Audit Committees maintain a strategic focus The changing role of the CFO: what does it mean to be a CFO in the postEnron era? Balancing relationships
Summer 2004 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	Why ‘ticking-the-box’ doesn’t equate to good corporate governance Sarbanes-Oxley: the IT dimension Introducing Janis Riven... President, Chartered Secretaries Canada Induction of directors The guidance role of company secretaries Does the global economy need a global currency? In the director’s chair CSCS response to OSC draft governance guidelines Beyond manipulating and motivating to leading and inspiring Sniffing out wrong-doers Corporate governance and the family business: managing the paradoxes
Spring 2004 Please read articles individually by clicking its link listed on the right.	Corporate governance is global? Who’s Who in ICSA: Peter J Hardy Boards under scrutiny The rewards and challenges of effective risk management A private matter Team training Small-cap companies: a practical guide for directors Searching for an alternative to stock options
Winter 2003	Corporate governance: more than more rules A framework for understanding organizational dynamics Giving and getting China’s corporate governance: promises and challenges Proxy voting: making sure the vote counts Insider reporting: system for electronic disclosure by insiders (‘SEDI’) Stock option practices reformed Privacy rules: how to achieve compliance Reporting to the board CSCS 5th Annual Conference New members Affiliate Group A note (or two) from the Board Membership elections, Nov 2004 Workshops & Seminars
Fall 2003	Expense it Blue suit and handcuffs: another look at directors’ standards Boards should add value but which value and to whom? Empowering corporate governance with IT Serving stakeholders Update on TSX coporate governance initiatives Ready and willing, but The Canadian perspective: carrot and stick melange Thirty years of public service Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries Regional & Branch Focus: Bermuda Branch A note (or two) from the Board Upcoming events Professional directory
Summer 2003	Keeping score A matter of conduct The next generation of directors Measure for measure Modern risk management Who owns the corporation Two cheers for staggered boards Audit committee charters Minutes of meetings should be carefully kept New members, CSCS A challenging corporate career Board of Directors Member admissions Upcoming events CCH Guide subscription notice Professional directory
Spring 2003	The case for subsidiary corporate goverance Boardroom dynamics and the tyranny of group-think Why virtual shareholder meetings will be slow to catch on An update on directors’ and officers’ liability insurance Corporate governance and the company secretary’s role The key challenge for ICSA Recongnising the value of chartered secretaries Member Profile Looking back: A member remembers Chartered Secretaries Canada CSCS Welcomes New Members Upcoming Events Professional Directory
Winter 2002	How Much is Your CEO Worth? Options for Compensation Catch-All Governance Rules Won't Work Integrity, Honesty and Ethics Corporate Social Responsibility - Post 2000 Interview with CSCS President Wes Hall 4th Annual CSCS Conference E-Risks: What to Consider When Creating Your Email Risk Management Policies Shareholders' Agreements: An Overview of the Issues Surrounding Buy-Sell ArrangementS
Fall 2002	Greed, Governance and Self-Correction Evolving Roles of Chartered Secretaries Who's Minding The Store The Global ICSA Perspective Who's Who in ICSA: Robert McPherson Networking for Today's Financial Professionals Government Relations – Positioning, Coalitions and Measuring Success Tracking Progress
Summer 2002	Accounting Firms Must Return to Roots and Tell Story Mind the GAAP Liability Labyrinth The Crisis in Board Leadership Shaping Good Conduct Return on Investment in Training and Development Programs Wise Managers Treat Layoffs as Last Resort Change Coming Faster Than Leaders Can Manage Immediate Past President's Report Distinguished Professional Service Award Winner President's Trophy Award Membership Report
Spring 2002	Event to Knowledge Corporate Governance – A Risk Worth Measuring The Globalization of Exchange Markets Company Law at the Crossroads Report of the Outgoing International President, 2001,V. Marshall Murton Convocation Address by George D. Anderson Notices
Winter 2001	Website Development Agreements Take a Load Off Enterprise-wide Risk Management Going Global Build Your Disaster Recovery Plan Membership Report Recent Appointments A Shareholders' World
Fall 2001	10 Steps to Effective Cost Management Getting Space Mediation: An Alternative Dispute Resolution For Productive Meetings... The Fine Line Best Practices... Some Personal Experiencesas a Director, Part 4 The Ethics of Searching for Executives Intellectual Property Rights: Think You Own It? Look Again Leaders on the Grow Member Benefits Recent Appointments
Summer 2001	Best Practices... Some Personal Experiences as a Director, Part 3 Eyes Wide Shut Corporate Governance and Cultural Differences Making the Learning Organization a Reality Employee Share Ownership Plans What Do You Know? Understanding E-Commerce Risks Avoiding Liability
Spring 2001	How Many E-mails Do You Get A Declaration of Independence for Boards in the Information Age Best Practices… Some Personal Experiences as a Director, Part 2 How Much Is Time Off Work Hurting Your Financial Results Employment Branding Pay for Performance Expect Tough Questions at Stockholders' Meetings Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act Securities Regulation and the Internet Moving Towards the Knowledge Economy

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