The video case is available on: http://www.cengage.com/management/book_content/hanson_9780170227643/index-10.html?asset=whistleblowing
Questions:
- What corporate governance mechanisms failed at Stafford General Hospital?
- Were there possibilities of agency problems within Stafford? Why or why not? Could managerial opportunism be an issue?
- Can the Trust Foundation for Stafford be effective as a market for corporate control?
- What role do you think the corporate governance structure of the UK played in the problems at Stafford?
- How do you think the situation at Stafford will impact international corporate governance?