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Do not consider the corporate body to be the creator if there is any doubt that a work falls into any of the categories as provided by RDA. A full list of qualifying categories is provided with the most common categories being (1) the work is about the body, (2) the work contains opinions about the body, (3) the work records hearings held by legislative, judicial or government bodies. (CCM: 4.4.4)(RDA19.2.1.1)
(a) Works of an administrative nature dealing with any of the following aspects of the body itself: its internal policies, procedures, finances, and/or operations; its officers, staff, and/or membership (e.g., directories); its resources (e.g., catalogues, inventories)
(b) Works that record the collective thought of the body (e.g., reports of commissions, committees; official statements of position on external policies, standards)
(c) Works that record hearings conducted by legislative, judicial, governmental, and other corporate bodies
(d)Works that report the collective activity of a conference (e.g., proceedings, collected papers); an expedition (e.g., results of exploration, investigation); an event (e.g., an exhibition, fair, festival) falling within the definition of a corporate body provided that the conference, expedition, or event is named in the manifestation being described
(e)Works that result from the collective activity of a performing group as a whole where the responsibility of the group goes beyond that of mere performance, execution, etc.
(f)Cartographic works originating with a corporate body other than a body that is merely responsible for their publication or distribution
(g)Legal works of the following types: laws; decrees of a head of state, chief executive, or ruling executive body; bills and drafts of legislation; administrative regulations, etc.; constitutions, charters, etc; court rules; charges to juries, indictments, court proceedings, and court decisions
(h)Named individual works of art by two or more artists acting as a corporate body.