Corporate Governance and External and Internal Controls: The Case of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Circa 1831

By William D. Samson, Dale L. Flesher, and Gary John Previts

Issues in Accounting Education, Volume 21, Issue 1

2005

Setting: Government

Activity Type: Case

Program Type:
  • Major

Level:
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate

Course:
  • Audit
  • Ethics

Ignatian Pedagogy Element:
  • Action
  • Evaluation
  • Experience

This case focuses on the early problems of corporate governance, external controls, internal controls in a high‐tech, developmental stage, start‐up company.