SDSU’s Corporate Governance Institute (CGI) hosted the “Corporate Governance: New Theories, Trends, and Evidence” symposium with the University of St. Thomas’ Center for Business Ethics on April 2 – 4, 2009 in Houston. The symposium brought together 13 Corporate Governance management scholars for two days of research presentations and in-depth discussion.

Participants in the symposium discussed subjects such as unethical and illegal practices among board members and executives; the role of women on boards; and corporate governance theory and history. Symposium co-hosts Dr. Daryl Koehn of the University of St. Thomas and SDSU’s CGI Director, Dr. Lori Ryan also discussed directions for future research in corporate governance.

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Symposium participants (left to right): Dr. Pamela Brandes, University of Syracuse; Dr. Maria Goranova,; Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dr. Karen Schnatterly, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia; Dr. Daryl Koehn (co-host), University of St. Thomas; Dr. Lori Ryan (co-host), Corporate Governance Institute, San Diego State University; Dr. Paul Dunn, Brock University (Canada); Dr. Ann Buchholtz (CGI Fellow), University of Georgia; Dr. Marguerite Schneider, (CGI Fellow), New Jersey Institute of Technology; Dr. Stephen Brammer, University of Bath (England); Dr. Christine Shropshire, University of Georgia; Dr. W. Trexler Proffitt, Franklin and Marshall College; Dr. Richard Priem,; Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dr. Jared Harris, The Darden School, University of Virginia.