Corporate Killing Research Articles

Corporate Killing as a Corporate Governance Issue

In May 2000 the government proposed the introduction of a new offence of corporate killing founded on the concept of “management failure”. Two specific corporate risks are investigated; the risk that the company’s operations will kill one of its employees or a member of the public and the risk that the company will be convicted of an offence indicating corporate responsibility for that killing. The article demonstrates, firstly, that the risks associated with corporate killing fall within the ambit of the Turnbull Guidance. More importantly, it uses this particular, not directly financial, example to illustrate the proposition that Turnbull should not be associated with closure; rather it should be associated with the opening of a new level of corporate governance debate that will focus on corporate behaviour rather than corporate policy.

Corporate killing – accident or crime?

Corporate killing – accident or crime?

Directors likely to quit over "corporate killing" law

Directors likely to quit over "corporate killing" law

Minister speaks on controversial "corporate killing" legislation

Minister speaks on controversial "corporate killing" legislation

Corporate killing

Corporate killing

Company bosses back tougher penalties for "corporate killing"

Company bosses back tougher penalties for "corporate killing"

CONTAMINATED LAND - THE NEW LEGISLATIVE REGIME. BRIEFING.

The UK government's decision to introduce an offence of ‘corporate killing’ was discussed at the ICE's recent annual safety lecture. Martin Barnard, health and safety director at Symonds, reports.

Briefing: Civil engineers warned of corporate killing risk

The UK government's decision to introduce an offence of ‘corporate killing’ was discussed at the ICE's recent annual safety lecture. Martin Barnard, health and safety director at Symonds, reports.

EUROPEAN WATER POLICY-WHAT'S IN THE PIPELINE? BRIEFING.

The UK government's decision to introduce an offence of ‘corporate killing’ was discussed at the ICE's recent annual safety lecture. Martin Barnard, health and safety director at Symonds, reports.

Corporate Risk-Taking and Killing

This paper assesses the law's response to companies whose dangerous and unsafe practices have caused injury or death to an employee or member of the public. While civil law responses are briefly mentioned, the focus of the paper is on the construction of criminal offences to deal with such corporate violence. The paper traces the developments over the past ten years which have increasingly led to such cases being embraced within the mainstream of criminal offences (for example, successful prosecutions for corporate manslaughter) and to significantly enhanced levels of fines being imposed.

Medical manslaughter and corporate liability

Recent years have seen a rise in the number of manslaughter prosecutions following deaths caused by improper medical treatment. Such prosecutions of individual doctors are problematic because, in many cases, a complex pattern of failures has contributed to the death. One alternative approach would be that of pursuing corporate manslaughter prosecutions against hospital trusts, but current law makes such prosecutions difficult. The Law Commission's proposed offence of corporate killing could, if adopted, form the basis of prosecutions following some hospital deaths. The article considers arguments for and against the use of criminal law in response to deaths caused by medical negligence.

Chemical death

Corporate Killing: Bhopals Will Happen, by Tara Jones, London: Free Association Books, 1988, 336 pages, pb £9.95. Bhopal: The Lessons of a Tragedy, by Sanjoy Hazarika, London: Penguin, 1987, 230 pages, pb £4.50. Introduction to Toxicology, by J. A. Timbrell, London: Taylor and Francis, 1989, 155 pages (large format), pb £9.95.