Core (required) readings:

Barton, D., & Wiseman, M. 2015. Where Boards Fall Short. Harvard Business Review, 93(1/2).

Parsons, R. D., & Feigen, M. A. 2014. The Boardroom's Quiet Revolution. Harvard Business Review, 92(3): 99-104.

Baron, D. P., & Lyon, T. P. 2013. Environmental Governance. In P. Bansal, & A. J. Hoffman (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment: 122-139. New
York: Oxford University Press.

Additional (optional) readings and resources:

• Reading 10.4: ASX 2007 Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations - 2nd Edition, ASX Corporate Governance Council, Sydney. 

• Reading 10.5::Weidenbaum 2008 'Who will Guard the Guardians? The Social Responsibility of NGOs.', Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 147-155, pp. 147-155.

• Reading 10.6: Francis & Armstrong 2011 'Corruption and whistleblowing in international humanitarian aid agencies', Journal of Financial Crime, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 319-335.
  This artilce is a discussion of some challenges humanitarian aid agencies face in trying to deliver aid in various places around the world. It raises a number of issues these agencies face, and proposes some possible steps to help address them.

These short articles might also be of interest:

• Boards and gender diversity (1) 
• Boards and gender diversity (2) 

Other items:

PWC Report (2013) - Advancing women leaders in financial services: