Yesterday, the Investor Responsibility Research Center (IRRC) and the Social Investment Forum (SIF) released a joint study of this year's crop of shareowner resolutions...Of the 712 shareholder resolutions filed in the 2002 proxy season, the report identified 261 that involve social issues and 23 that fuse corporate governance with social issues. This crossover category consists of resolutions asking for increased racial and gender diversity on corporate boards, and those asking for executive compensation to be linked to corporate social responsibility