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My Contact Information:

Katharine Ball

Business Librarian

Leddy Library

Office Location: Leddy West Building, 2nd Floor, Room 214B

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 3852

Location Of Library

Odette Building

If you need help, just drop by and see me

Leddy Library Home Pagehttp://leddy.uwindsor.ca

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Your Assignment:

To write a position paper on a failed company and the role that corporate governance may have played in this company’s failure.

Include an annotated bibliography in APA format of at least 15 scholarly resources

APA Style Format

For guidelines on how to cite different scholarly resources, see under Writing Help on the Leddy Library Home Page.

Annotated Bibliographies

Follow Professor Nixon’s handout for the layout of the annotated bibliography.

For guidelines on how to actually write the annotations, see:

Purdue’s Online Writing Lab: Annotated bibliographies

Do a Google search: site:edu “annotated bibliographies” guidefor other examples

Position Papers

http://www.xavier.edu/library/help/position_paper.pdf

http://www.sfu.ca/cmns/130d1/WritingaPositionPaper.htm

http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showcase/johnson-sheehan/assets/ch11.pdf

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/749/1/

Remember: Professor Nixon’s instructions are paramount.

However, if you are looking for some guidelines on how to approach the writing of a position paper, here are a few sites that should help:

Selecting A Company And Industry

Personal interest: pick a sector you are interested in, e.g. financial services, energy and mining, telecommunications, high tech. retail, automotive, airlines, etc.

Pick an example from your textbook and/or use

Sites such as:http://www.bankruptcydata.com/researchcenter2.htm

Do some preliminary research on your company; make sure it is appropriate for this assignment; check with Prof. Nixon.

Doing The Research

Use the Library Catalogue to search for books on your company, the industry, and aspects of corporate governance. Books tend to give more of an overview on your topic.

Search Library Databases, e.g. Business Source Complete, ProQuest Business, and Google Scholar for more specific, focused research.

Doing The Research Continued…

Governments are a great source for reports and statistics:

Examples of Google Industry searches:

site:gov “financial services” crisis reportsite:gov (airline OR aviation) industry bankruptcy

Examples of Google Company searches:

site:gov Enron reportsite:gov AIG bailout reportsite:gc.ca “Bre-x”

Doing The Research Continued…

Governments are a great source for reports and statistics

Company filings from securities regulators:SEDARSEDIEDGAR

Statistics:Canada. Office of the Superintendent of BankruptcyStatistics CanadaIndustry CanadaU.S. Census BureauU.S. Courts. Bankruptcy Statistics

Doing The Research Continued…

Research and Professional Organizations, Think Tanks, Interest Groups, etc. can also have useful information:

Conference Board of CanadaCanadian Institute of Chartered AccountantsAccounting firms such as Deloitte and PWCAmerican Bankruptcy Institute

Etc. Etc….