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The Changing Role and Responsibilities of Audit Committees in the United States (open access)

The Changing Role and Responsibilities of Audit Committees in the United States

The corporate form that developed in the early 20th century created enormous pressure for corporate governance mechanisms to curb the power of corporate managers. Berle and Means, legal pluralists, warned about concentrating economic power in the hands of a small but powerful class of professional managers. They claimed this "new form of absolutism" required governmental oversight and viewed boards of directors as part of management, rather than monitors for shareholders. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed that corporations establish a special board committee, made up of "nonofficer members" in response to the McKesson & Robbins scandal of the late 1930s. My dissertation examines the evolution of the U.S. corporate audit committee through three specific time periods: (1) 1920-1954; (2) 1955-1986; and (3) 1987 to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. My purpose is to determine if evolution of the audit committee throughout these periods has been a reform continually couched in symbolism or whether the audit committee concept has evolved into real reform, allowing proper corporate governance and mitigation of unchecked corporate power. My analysis is a traditional empirical analysis, relying on both primary and secondary sources to develop a coherent ordering of facts. I use narrative …
Date: August 2010
Creator: Teed, Dan Graham
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral and Guest Artist Recital: 2010-09-22 – Ania Bard, violin and Melanie Hadley, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: September 22, 2010
Creator: Bard-Schwarz, Ania & Hadley, Melanie
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-02-26 – Bret Serrin, piano transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-02-26 – Bret Serrin, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: February 26, 2010
Creator: Serrin, Bret
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-02-26 – So Myung (Sonia) Hwang, piano transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-02-26 – So Myung (Sonia) Hwang, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Main Auditorium in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: February 26, 2010
Creator: Hwang, So Myung (Sonia)
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-03-29 – John Francis Roberts, marimba transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-03-29 – John Francis Roberts, marimba

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 29, 2010
Creator: Roberts, John Francis
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-03-30 – Ann Bradfield, soprano saxophone transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-03-30 – Ann Bradfield, soprano saxophone

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: March 30, 2010
Creator: Bradfield, Ann
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-01 – Joren Cain, alto saxophone transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-01 – Joren Cain, alto saxophone

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 1, 2010
Creator: Cain, Joren
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-02 – Chiaki Hanafusa, alto saxophone transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-02 – Chiaki Hanafusa, alto saxophone

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Hanafusa, Chiaki
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-12 – Brad Bennight, harpsichord transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-12 – Brad Bennight, harpsichord

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Organ Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 12, 2010
Creator: Bennight, Brad
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-27 – Johannes Kleinmann, cello transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-27 – Johannes Kleinmann, cello

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 27, 2010
Creator: Kleinmann, Johannes
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-30 – Wen-Chien Tang, piano transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-04-30 – Wen-Chien Tang, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: April 30, 2010
Creator: Tang, Wen-Chien
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-05-17 – Jennifer Ciobanu, soprano transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-05-17 – Jennifer Ciobanu, soprano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: May 17, 2010
Creator: Ciobanu, Jennifer
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-05-21 – Jason Crafton, trumpet transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-05-21 – Jason Crafton, trumpet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: May 21, 2010
Creator: Crafton, Jason
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-06-07 – Steven Hunter, trombone transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-06-07 – Steven Hunter, trombone

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 7, 2010
Creator: Hunter, Steven
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-06-08 – Mark Lynn, trumpet transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-06-08 – Mark Lynn, trumpet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 8, 2010
Creator: Lynn, Mark
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-06-21 – Alexander Costantino, tuba transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-06-21 – Alexander Costantino, tuba

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 21, 2010
Creator: Costantino, Alexander
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-06-23 – Benjamin Eric Shaffer, trumpet transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-06-23 – Benjamin Eric Shaffer, trumpet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: June 23, 2010
Creator: Shaffer, Benjamin Eric
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-09-30 – Hyo Jung Kim, violin transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-09-30 – Hyo Jung Kim, violin

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: September 30, 2010
Creator: Kim, Hyo Jung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-10-11 – Rachel Yoder, clarinet transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-10-11 – Rachel Yoder, clarinet

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts(DMA)degree.
Date: October 11, 2010
Creator: Yoder, Rachel
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-11-23 – Woong Hee Lee, organ transcript

Doctoral Lecture Recital: 2010-11-23 – Woong Hee Lee, organ

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Main Auditorium in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: November 23, 2010
Creator: Lee, Woong Hee
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2010-01-22 - Sarah Daniels, mezzo-soprano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: January 22, 2010
Creator: Daniels, Sarah
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2010-01-23 - Joseph W. Rinaldi, baritone

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: January 23, 2010
Creator: Rinaldi, Joseph W.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2010-01-24 - Jay Gardner, tenor

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: January 24, 2010
Creator: Gardner, Jay
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Doctoral Recital: 2010-01-29 - Kyung Ah Noh, piano

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Recital Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree.
Date: January 29, 2010
Creator: Noh, Kyung Ah
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library