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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, policy makers, 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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COVID-19 Memo Database
Access a fully searchable database of thousands of memoranda addressing the legal, regulatory, accounting, and governance issues raised by the current COVID-19 crisis.
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 Corporate Governance Research Initiative develops insights into the practice of corporate governance to advance intellectual understanding of this critical area of business management.
Corporate executives receive equity compensation and routinely have an information advantage over public shareholders. Federal securities laws prohibit executives from trading on material nonpublic information, and companies have Insider Trading Policys to ensure compliance, but is it enough? The latest Closer Look looks at the Governance of Corporate Insider Equity Trades.
The latest in the Core Concepts Series takes an in-depth look at Diversity in the C-Suite: The Dismal State of Diversity Among Fortune 100 Senior Executives
The most recent Research Spotlight, Board Composition, Quality, & Turnover, looks at appointing outside CEOs as directors, industry expertise and director skills in relation to performance, stock market reaction to director resignations, and whether directors are penalized for poor oversight.
Read the latest survey from the Rock Center and Diligent Institute, entitled Stakeholders Take Center Stage: Director Views on Priorities and Society 2019.
Good Corporate Governance Is a Great Idea, But Is Anyone Practicing It? Find out in this latest Insights.
Online Events
These online sessions address the novel and difficult challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and other contemporary public policy issues implicating corporate America.
Videos/Podcasts of Past Events
Executive Education Programs
The Rock Center hosts several domestic and international 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.
News Coverage
SLS COVID-19 Discussions – Rule of Law, Commercial Bankruptcies, Data Privacy, and More
Discussions feature the impact of COVID-19 on human capital management, commercial bankruptcies, data privacy and encryption, the varying degrees of social distancing, and ethical issues surrounding COVID-19 innovations. May 28, 2020 — Stanford Law School published new discussions hosted by the Stanford Program in Law and Society and the Stanford…
Read MoreCongress is ignoring the best solution for troubled companies: bankruptcy
Fortune
Bay Area In-House Lawyers Turn to COVID-19 Memo Database to Cut Through Coronavirus 'Noise'
The Recorder
Reopening Business? In-House Counsel Can Seek Guidance on Stanford's COVID-19 Memo Database
Corporate Counsel
Is coronavirus closure covered by business insurance? This California ruling could hold the key
San Francisco Chronicle
Cornerstone Research Collaborates with Stanford Law School to Launch COVID-19 Database with over 4,000 Legal Articles and Memos
National Law Review
Stanford Law School’s COVID-19 Memo Database
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