Corporate Manslaughter

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Added: 10:27 07.03.2008

As we all know, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act is coming into force next month. What impact do we expect these to have on businesses?

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Corporate Manslaughter
As we all know, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act is coming into force next month. What impact do we expect these to have on businesses?
kellie.mundell | 10:27 07.03.2008
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  From my organisation, we don't expect to see any real impact at all. That's really because we're an organisation where we've got some work to do still and we've got one or two challenges out there - it's a continuous ...
  John Nelson | 10:32 07.03.2008
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    There's a tendency in looking at deaths in the workplace to focus on a couple of categories. I don't know if anyone remembers the Lyme Bay tragedy. One guy was in charge: they hit him with a big sledgehammer and ...
    democrat | 10:36 07.03.2008
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  My interpretation of this legislation is although they're looking at senior managers who can influence and make decisions, it's really also looking at management systems and the culture of the organisation. It's not just a case of ticking a ...
  John Nelson | 10:39 07.03.2008
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    I agree with your sentiments but I've got a query when looking at the Crown Prosecution Service. When Charles de Menezes was shot on the underground, it was identified as a health and safety offence. In my opinion, someone being ...
    democrat | 10:40 07.03.2008
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      I think there are a number of exemptions in terms of where the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act will actually apply. I think the de Menezes case is another example of where the CPS have brought a prosecution and ...
      John Nelson | 10:41 07.03.2008
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        We need a high profile organisation. In America, they have the Environment Profession Agency, and no one would dream of trying to cross the EPA, because they could be fined millions of dollars, and whoever is in charge of the ...
        democrat | 10:42 07.03.2008
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        That's already being addressed to some extent, and this Act is reinvigorating that. Every organisation, however big or small, should have reporting processes in place which allows the decision makers to be informed so they can make an informed decision.
        John Nelson | 10:43 07.03.2008
        
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        It's just like the HSE and HSC amalgamating. Apparently, it's not going to make any difference so why do it in the first place. There's another bureaucratic wage raising coming up, I think. I do think this corporate manslaughter legislation ...
        Anonymous | 10:44 07.03.2008
        
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        I think there's one way of addressing it. If every chief executive in the land was made legally aware by the government that they are responsible we'd have someone to aim at. In organisations that have 4,000 employees scattered across ...
        democrat | 10:45 07.03.2008
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  I'm a H&S Consultant and I have to say that for the majority of my clients it has had a big impact. It has certainly made them nervous. I have had many a call since its introduction asking what it ...
  pdgoddard | 23:51 01.07.2008