Objectives

Corporate Governance is concerned with holding the balance between economic and social goals and between individual and communal goals. The corporate governance framework is there to encourage the efficient use of resources and equally to require accountability for the stewardship of those resources. The aim is to align as nearly as possible the interests of individuals, corporations and society.

Sir Adrian Cadbury in 'Global Corporate Governance Forum', World Bank, 2000

The Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Research Unit objectives are:

To undertake multidisciplinary research into governance and corporate social responsibility.
To contribute to the development of leadership and management practice in the area of governance and corporate social responsibility.
To facilitate the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge about practice in governance and corporate social responsibility.

For more information about the G&CSRRU, download the 2007 annual report.
Also available is our 2006 annual report.

For an introduction to the concepts of governance and corporate social responsibility, see the following working papers:

"Corporate Governance: What is it?"
Dr Margaret McCabe and Professor Margaret Nowak
Corporate Governance: What is it?

"Corporate Social Responsibility: A definition"
Gail Thomas and Professor Margaret Nowak
Corporate Social Responsibility: A definition

For other publications, see the Publications and Papers page.