UK FAILING TO HOLD TOP BOSSES ACCOUNTABLE FOR GRAFT
February 18th, 2024
Corrupt senior executives at the top of large companies involved in bribery, fraud and other economic crime almost never face any consequences in the UK, according to a damning February 7 (Wednesday) report from lobby and campaign group Spotlight on Corruption. ‘Power Without Responsibility - The state of senior executive accountability for economic crime in the UK today’ (1) found that despite the government tightening up UK corporate liability law, it is doing very little to tackle the top executives responsible: “Without this individual accountability, ...
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