Death penalties
13 September 2012
Proposed changes to legislation on corporate killing could put purchasers in the firing line. Norman Ryan explains the new laws and how professionals can minimise the risk of prosecution
Consider… A fatal accident occurs at a large manufacturing plant. The managing director is being interviewed by the police and Health and Safety Executive, who are trying to link the death to a critical malfunction of a new piece of equipment. Shop-floor rumours abound that the board put strong pressure on the procurement director to focus unduly on cost.
Or… A...