Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company;Corporate governance -- United States;
Presenting evidence from a 19th century corporation, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company (C&O), the paper shows that issues of corporate governance have existed since the first corporations were established in the U.S. The C&O used a stockholder...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Fraud;Financial statements -- United States;
Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 1, Codification of Auditing Standards and Procedures (AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, AU sec. 110.02, "Responsibilities and Functions of the Independent Auditor"), states, "The auditor has a...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Audited financial statements -- Standards -- United States;Corporations -- United States -- Finance -- Automation;Information technology;
This Statement provides guidance on the independent auditors consideration of an entity's internal control in an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. It defines internal control, describes the...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Financial statements -- Auditing -- Standards;Audited financial statements -- Standards -- United States;Auditing, Internal --Standards -- United States;
This amendment revises the definition and description of internal control contained in SAS No. 55, Consideration of the Internal Control Structure in a Financial Statement Audit, to recognize the definition and description contained in Internal...
United States. Dept. of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures; United States -- Politics and government; Judges -- Selection and appointment -- United States; Church and state -- United States; War on terrorism; September 11 Terrorist Attacks,...