Article Title
Publication Date
October 1998
Abstract
The judgement of Lord Lopes, In Kingston Cotton Mill, (The Accountant Law Reports, May 23, 1896, p. 78), produced what is probably the best known quotation in the auditing literature: "the auditor is a watchdog but not a bloodhound." However, his Lordship's use of the canine analogy was not original; he was merely developing upon a phrase in common parlance at the time.
Recommended Citation
Chandler, Roy A.
(1998)
"Exploring the pedigree of the watchdog metaphor,"
Accounting Historians Notebook: Vol. 21
:
No.
2
, Article 8.
Available at:
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aah_notebook/vol21/iss2/8