Gatekeepers : the professions and corporate governance / John C. Coffee, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coffee, John C., 1944- author.

Series:

Clarendon lectures in management studies.

Oxford scholarship online.

Clarendon lectures in management studies

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporate governance.

Corporate governance--Standards.

Corporate governance--Quality control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Coffee traces the evolution of the four main gatekeeping professions: auditors, lawyers, securities analysts and credit-rating agencies, in the wake of corporate governance disasters, such as Enron and WorldCom.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. Introduction; Part I. What Happened?; 2. The Failure of the Gatekeepers; 3. Explaining Gatekeeper Failure; 4. A Comparative Perspective; Part II. The Development of Gatekeepers; An Overview; 5. The Rise, Fall, and Redefinition of the Auditor: From Bookkeeper to Professional to Information Consultant; 6. Corporate Attorneys as Gatekeepers: The Short History of a Developing Concept; 7. Securities Analysts; 8. The Ratings Agencies; Part III. The Search for Reform; 9. What Went Wrong?; 10. What Should Work? (and How to Get There)

11. Conclusions: The Future of GatekeepingIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04348-5

1-280-90394-5

0-19-151606-6

OCLC:

252677542

Publisher Number:

9780199288090