Corporate Manslaughter
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A
new law on Corporate Manslaughter came into effect in the
UK on 6 April 2008. This introduced a new offence for prosecuting
companies and other organisations where there has been a gross
failing, throughout the organisation, in the management of health
and safety with fatal consequences. The
Ministry
of Justice has produced an
introduction
to the Act (pdf, 162KB)
and
detailed
guidance on the introduction of the Act (pdf, 184KB). The Centre for Corporate Accountability has produced
its own
guidance, which can be found
here.
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Unite/CCA,
Making Companies
Safe (pdf, 597KB)
Centre for Crime and
Justice Studies,
A crisis of enforcement: The decriminalisation of death and injury
at work
Hazards Magazine,
deadly
business
