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The Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance is a joint initiative of Stanford Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business. The Center was created to advance the understanding and practice of corporate governance in a cross-disciplinary environment where leading academics, business leaders, policymakers, practitioners and regulators can meet and work together. The Center is led by outstanding Faculty with active collaboration from its Advisory Board.
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Research
The Rock Center provides an environment focused on innovation and collaboration, drawing on the world-class resources of Stanford University, and serves as a focal point for sustained empirical research. The Center’s research applies rigorous methods to understand the performance consequences of corporate governance by taking an in-depth and interdisciplinary look at the inner workings of corporate boards, regulators, institutional investors, consultants, and others involved in the governance process.
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The Rock Center Working Paper Series offers an e-library of research papers and abstracts on corporate governance topics. This continuously updated library is accessible through the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Clearinghouse, a collaboration with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, operates as a database, a repository of original source documents, and a supplier of analytics relating to the enforcement of the FCPA.
The Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (SCAC), a collaboration with Cornerstone Research, provides detailed information related to the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation. The SCAC team maintains a filings database of more than 5,000 securities class action lawsuits filed since the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The fully searchable COVID-19 Memo Database includes thousands of memoranda addressing the legal, regulatory, accounting, and governance issues raised by the current COVID-19 crisis.
The Corporate Governance Research Initiative develops insights into the practice of corporate governance to advance intellectual understanding of this critical area of business management.
In the latest Closer Look, The General Counsel View of ESG Risk, we examine the General Counsel perspective on ESG. We find support but also significant concern for the legal and regulatory risks of ESG. Can companies find a balance between “doing good” and not causing unexpected harm?
This recent Closer Look, Stock-Option Financing in Pre-IPO Companies, looks at a new industry that facilitates the financing of stock-option exercises for employees and executives of pre-IPO companies. What are the economic implications of this market on employees and employers?
Another recent Closer Look examines the Human Capital Disclosure: What Do Companies Say about Their “Most Important Asset”?, we examine early human capital disclosure choices to evaluate the information companies share about their employment practices. Will market pressure lead to better disclosure over time?
The recently updated Quick Guide, Introduction to Corporate Governance, discusses the central concepts of corporate governance and answers: What is corporate governance? What are agency problems? How prevalent are they? Are there “best practices” in corporate governance?
Rock Center Shorts
Brief video and podcast sessions with expert guests in conversation with Stanford faculty and Rock Center leadership. Topics focus on current issues in corporate governance for board members, corporate executive leaders and advisors.
Executive Education Programs
The Rock Center hosts executive education programs for directors and senior executives, including our flagship program, Stanford Directors’ College, as well as Directors’ Consortium and the Stanford/NVCA Venture Capital Symposium.
Leadership
News Coverage
Gensler’s Terrible 10: SEC Rules That Will Make Wall Street Tremble
ThinkAdvisor
Gensler “has a very challenging job and I think as a practical matter, his legacy is likely to be written in the courts,” said Joseph Grundfest, a former SEC commissioner who’s now a law professor at Stanford University.
Read MoreSEC Digs Deeper Into Companies’ EPS Manipulation
Wall Street Journal
The General Counsel View of ESG Risk
Law360
General counsel have ESG jitters even as efforts increase
Reuters
A SPAC Counterattack
New York Times
Scoring Sustainability
Global Finance Magazine
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Is Ready for Her Day in Court
Bloomberg Business
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